A Briefing on Fluoridated Salt

A Briefing on Fluoridated Salt: "Salt fluoridation is scientific fraud; it affects hundreds of millions of people in Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean and the Middle East; and it is a health disaster. Removing fluoride from salt will benefit everyone, and save the salt companies a lot of trouble. A Briefing on Fluoridated Salt How much fluoride? Fluoridated salt contains 250 parts per million fluoride. It is in the form of either potassium fluoride or sodium fluoride, both artificial chemicals and extremely toxic. Before dentists and doctors got the idea of promoting fluoride, sodium fluoride was widely used as rat poison or insecticide. If you consume 10 g of fluoridated salt (typical daily amount for a European adult), you ingest 2.5 mg of fluoride. If you are sensitive to fluoride, that will have immediate health effects, though most doctors would not recognize fluoride poisoning or sensitivity. Anyone consuming that much fluoride every day will eventually suffer serious health damage -- to the thyroid gland, bones, joints, and so on. See the latest scientific information -- the major report by the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, March 2006. Keep in mind that fluoride is not a nutrient of any sort; it is not an essential trace element and it has no positive role in human metabolism. The simple fact is that"