Fluoride
Although fluoride helps against tooth decay it is also bad because it can stain people’s teeth. In 1945 Mckay discovered that the stains on the teeth of is village was from fluoride being in the water. From this dicovery is one of the many reasons why people oppose fluoride in water. Another people dislike fluoride in water is that the level of fluoride put into water is about 200 times higher than normally found in milk. There are no benefits but risks in having that much fluoride in drinkable water. Secondly is that rats drink the fluoride in the water. This has caused an increase of aluminum in their bodies, and the formation of beta amyloid deposits which can cause Alzheimers disease. Fluoride contains metals that are needed for the body but also metals that can cause defects to the body. Although is in most every toothpast, it has many bad attributes as well.
Fluoride has certainly helped my my teeth from decaying but I don’t agree with it being in the water we drink day to day because too much of fluoride can cause bad things to happen to your body. First is dental fluorosis. Dental fluorosis is one’s teeth begin to decay from too much fluoride. If one puts too much fluoride on their teeth it can cause the tooth to decay and become rotten. If this happens it also means that the rest of your body has received to much fluoride. Also, on a toothpaste bottle it says not to swallow, and if swallowed contact a poison doctor. About a pea size amount of toothpaste contains as much fluoride in a eight ounce glass of water. The toothpaste bottle says not to swallow the fluoride yet there is fluoride in everyday drinking water.
Over the years people have made technological advances to improve the life of other citizens. For toothpaste and mouthwash it has been the fluoride that has been the most recent advancement. The reason fluoride is put in toothpaste is because it helps prevent tooth decay. It took a while for the companies to make fluoride in toothpaste because fluoride is highly reactive. the companies had to change the ingredients in the toothpaste so the fluoride would be less reactive. These changes were made because fluoride helps keep one’s teeth very clean.
My concern is if too much fluoride is put into our water systems. This makes me not so sure about fluoride because if one gets exposed to too much fluoride it can actually hurt the tooth instead of helping it. Also on the toothpaste bottle it says not to swallow yet with fluoride in the water we swallow it every day. Another concern of mine is dental fluorosis which is caused by over exposure to fluoride. From dental fluorosis the teeth turn brown and begin to decay. This is very bad. Those are my concerns of having fluoride in the water I drink.
You can also find information at the following websites:
http://pubs.acs.org/cen/whatstuff/stuff/7916sci4.html
http://www.fluoridealert.org/50-reasons.htm
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/general/teeth/fluoride.html
http://www.aroma-essence.com/research-reports/fluoride.html
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