people trying to discreditYiamouyiannis, but he would not go away. The battle of whether to use fluoride or not isstill going on. It has been proven to be toxic and cause some serious health problems, butit is still widely used in dentistry, and more importantly, is still contained in our drinkingwater supplies (Yiamouyiannis pg. 144). Although fluoride is still used and fluoridated water is still drank, there are manydisadvantages that many people may not know about that could cause serious healthproblems. The first major health threat, is fluoride’s link to cancer. The most recent studydone was conducted with rats. 180 male rats were given fluoridated water. Out of those180, 80 were given fluoridated water with a 78 parts per million fluoride count. Out ofthose 80 rats three developed a very rare type of bone cancer called Osteosarooms. Sucha rare cancer should not be found at such a rate of three out of 80, but 78 parts per millionis 78 times what is in people’s water today, but if given enough water a person coulddevelop cancer. Of course more that 1 part per million would cause mottled tooth, or as it is alsoknown as, dental fluorosis. A condition in which white spots appear on teeth, andgradually become darker and darker until the tooth is completely eroded away anddestroyed (Coffel). In the town of Kizilcaoern, Turkey, the water has 5.4 parts per million fluoride. Inthis town all the people and animals age prematurely. Men that are 30 look 60, this is dueto the high fluoride content in the water. Their skin wrinkles excessively, they have severearthritic pain, and their bones shatter like glass after a fall. The fluoride in the waterbreaks down the protein Collagen. Collagen makes up 30 percent of the body’s proteinand serves as a major structural component in skin, ligaments, bones, tendons, muscles,cartilage, and teeth. When the Collagen is broken down the skin and other parts of thebody weaken. As t...
