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https://nypost.com/2024/05/20/lifestyle/fluoride-in-pregnancy-may-harm-childs-brain-development-study/

A new study suggests a link between greater fluoride intake in pregnancy and toddlers with behavioral problems.

Children in the womb exposed to higher levels of fluoride ... later were more likely to experience temper tantrums, headaches, stomachaches, anxiety and symptoms linked to autism, according to research published Monday in JAMA Network Open. ...

“This is the first US-based study to examine this association,” lead study author Ashley Malin, an assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Florida’s College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine, said in a statement.

“Our findings are noteworthy, given that the women in this study were exposed to pretty low levels of fluoride — levels that are typical of those living in fluoridated regions within North America,” she added.

Communities have been adding fluoride to their drinking water for decades to help prevent tooth decay.

Fluoride has been shown to strengthen enamel, inhibit the growth of bacteria and replenish lost minerals.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 2020, more than 209 million people, or 72.7% of the US population, receive fluoridated water through public water systems.

NuttBoxer says

WookieMan says

I still don't get what happened with the seizure.

Hopefully not an indicator of any nutritional deficiency. Only way to tell would be get some lab work done with a naturopath. Regular MD's aren't qualified to assess that.

Stress. I've had all the labs and scans. I'm a healthy human dude and feel good. I could work out more I suppose, but I'm not fat. I don't drink soda, don't eat fast food, and generally cook what I'd consider healthy. We grow most our veggies we use about 30-40% of the year. Weather sucks here and haven't gotten into the preserving game yet.

One thing I've noticed as you mentioned heartburn in another comment in this thread. I cut out all caffeine about 8 years ago. Poof, heartburn done. I can eat what I want and never get it. Stuff like spicy wings used to bother me. Still bothers my ass hole on the way out, but no more heartburn if I go out to eat and not eating home cooking.

The kids always want fast food. I just tell them we're poor and you'll have to eat at home... lol. I ate too much of that shit in my 20's when my body and metabolism could handle it. Everything is so damn salty and then I'll watch people put more table salt on their food. You need sodium, but I swear some people are seeking out a heart attack.

My instincts tell me clean water scarcity is right around the corner. I've been thinking about distilling water. Anyone have any experience with distillation?

There was a warning issued recently about water being attacked. Although water and infrastructure in general have been hinted at for a while as being targets(think false flag).

You should get a good filter, distilled leeches out all nutrients. But unless you live somewhere very remote, and can pump your water up by hand, you won't have to worry about distilling, but being killed by people desperate for water.

stereotomy says

Not if you're hit with the Andromeda Strain - then it could be a short-to -intermediate term lifesaver, as opposed to instant (curiously vax-like) clotting of the blood.

Apparently you haven't heard: Fauci's 'gain of function' Andromeda Strain works at all pH levels. Drinking Sterno and hyperventilating won't save you.

There are gravity filters that remove flouride as well as pathogens and metals and VOCs!

https://prooneusa.com/proone-lab-report/

I have two pitchers and keep them in rotation, it's brainless to make a bigger one with a 5-gal food grade bucket.

https://www.malone.news/p/fluoride-can-it-be-so-simple

“There are no known benefits to the fetus from ingesting fluoride. And yet now we have several studies conducted in North America suggesting that there may be a pretty significant risk to the developing brain during that time.”

“Our findings are noteworthy, given that the women in this study were exposed to pretty low levels of fluoride — levels that are typical of those living in fluoridated regions within North America”

Ashley J. Malin, PhD - Lead author, “Maternal Urinary Fluoride and Child Neurobehavior at Age 36 Months” (JAMA Open Network)

https://fluoridealert.org/content/we-won-federal-court-rules-that-fluoridation-chemicals-pose-an-unreasonable-risk-to-health/

September 25, 2024 | Fluoride Action Network
History has been made. After 7 years of pursuing legal action against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the risk posed to the developing brain by the practice of water fluoridation, the United States District Court of the Northern District of California has just ruled on behalf of the Fluoride Action Network and the plaintiffs in our precedent-setting court case. A U.S. federal court has now deemed fluoridation an “unreasonable risk” to the health of children, and the EPA will be forced to regulate it as such. The decision is written very strongly in our favor.

Below is an excerpt from the introduction of the ruling:

“The issue before this Court is whether the Plaintiffs have established by a preponderance of the evidence that the fluoridation of drinking water at levels typical in the United States poses an unreasonable risk of injury to health of the public within the meaning of Amended TSCA. For the reasons set forth below, the Court so finds. Specifically, the Court finds that fluoridation of water at 0.7 milligrams per liter (“mg/L”) – the level presently considered “optimal” in the United States – poses an unreasonable risk of reduced IQ in children..the Court finds there is an unreasonable risk of such injury, a risk sufficient to require the EPA to engage with a regulatory response…One thing the EPA cannot do, however, in the face of this Court’s finding, is to ignore that risk.”

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/surging-saturday-september-28-2024

NBC ran a truly remarkable story this week headlined, “EPA must review risks of risks of fluoride in drinking water to children, judge rules.” Not that long ago, questioning flouride was on par with the Lizard People Hypothesis and was more likely to get you a lithium prescription than a court hearing.

But diligent anti-flouride activists haven’t given up, and were rewarded this week when a federal judge in San Francisco (of all places) sided with sanity following a non-jury trial. The judge ruled in the activists’ favor and ordered the EPA to beef up regulations for fluoride in drinking water, holding that the ubiquitous chemical poses an unreasonable potential risk to children at current levels.

“The scientific literature in the record provides a high level of certainty that a hazard is present; fluoride is associated with reduced IQ,” wrote Judge Edward Chen, an Obama appointee. It was a cautious decision that stopped far short of concluding the flouride is actually a public health menace. But it’s opened the door.

One thing is sure; flouride is big business and has long enjoyed the protection of the mindless follow the science trickery that deceived so many of us for so long. It’s not clear how the flouride scam was upheld for so long, since fluoridated drinking water is almost non-existent in Europe, yet Europeans’ teeth aren’t crumbling to dust.

Just say Nein! Or, Non! And so forth.

A brave decision like this would have been impossible until very recently. Even if some judge somewhere had ruled against flouride, the media would have relentlessly mocked it into oblivion and the judge had retired under pressure. But things are different now; now the media reported the story straight. We can thank the lost trust in our so-called expert class from the pandemic. Nobody believes their pallid assurances now, not even Obama judges. We want proof.

I use these guys for fluoride filtration in my drinking water. I also filter for lead (old Northeast lead pipe infrastructure) and other stuff. I have to say, after all the filtration, the water tastes good.

https://crystalquest.com/

stereotomy says

I use these guys for fluoride filtration in my drinking water. I also filter for lead (old Northeast lead pipe infrastructure) and other stuff. I have to say, after all the filtration, the water tastes good.

https://crystalquest.com/

You could get much better for less at a fish store: https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/7-stage-pro-150-gpd-water-saver-ro-di-system-bulk-reef-supply-bundle.html?queryID=95ca0a8ad4c419ba61a26df7788c0903&objectID=11149&indexName=brs_prod_m2_default_products

You'd just want to add a re-mineralization cartridge at the end for flavor. But really you can match crystalquest quite easily and even more cheaply by buying a similar setup made for drinking water at costco. They make small tanks that you can install under your kitchen sink.

Is there a reason to filter the water in the entire house? That sounds expensive right there.

BTW that fish store filtration system isn't unlike the systems we use in molecular biology labs I've worked in:

https://www.emdmillipore.com/US/en/products/water-purification/xWqb.qB.E3QAAAE_Rg53.Lxj,nav

https://www.costco.com/pure-blue-1:1-reverse-osmosis-water-filtration-system.product.100770498.html

Okay, that's not as nice as the those costco used to sell but the RO will get rid of most stuff. Not hard to add in a DI filter as well if you want to remove ions.

Apart from the general claims, look for the certification if the city water or supply pipes are not good.
stereotomy says

https://crystalquest.com/

Couldn't find the certification.
Here is another similar whole house filter with NSF/ANSI - 42:
https://www.lifesourcewater.com/tested-certified.php

SoTex says

https://www.costco.com/pure-blue-1:1-reverse-osmosis-water-filtration-system.product.100770498.html

Good that it is NSF certified. "Certified to NSF/ANSI Standard 58"

Thanks to @SoTex and @Blue for the additional recs!

I'm trying to avoid RO systems, though. Northeast water is primarily river/lake water, so the problem of massive mineral concentrations from deep groundwater sources is not a concern.

I lived in central TX for many years - God that water was horrible. NYC used to have the best water quality in the nation - they were bottling it and selling it in Commifornia back in the 80's. Then, they built suburbs around the lakes that sourced the water, and the water quality went to shit.

stereotomy says

I lived in central TX for many years - God that water was horrible.

I can boil down a half pan of tap water and collect a thick layer of calcium carbonate dust lol.. It's good for your teeth and bones! I actually liked it in the early 80s but it's gone downhill since they started adding chloramines. Now it tastes like shit.

Oh and the last house I rented had a tankless water heater. Instead of deposits collecting in the thank they were blown through all of the pipes and appliances in the house. I literally had a standing 3 month appointment with a plumber who would come and blow the pipes out. It looked like they were full of crushed coral.

Fortunately that neighborhood had it's own water supply separate from the county that fees most of the city and suburbs. So the new place I'm renting isn't as bad. This house also has a water softener. I'm trying to decide if I like that or not.

https://www.coffeeandcovid.com/p/religious-fervor-tuesday-october

Last week, I reported terrific news about the first federal decision in history finding that average water fluoridation levels pose an unreasonable health risk to children by potentially lowering their IQ. (Which explains a lot about the last 50 years, if you think about it.) Anyway, mercifully, something like a sort of intellectual exodus is surprisingly underway. It all began with AP’s September 25th headline, “Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA action, judge says.”

The Associated Press quoted University of Florida researcher Ashley Malin, PhD, who has published studies on the controversial chemical, and who called last month’s decision “the most historic ruling in the U.S. fluoridation debate that we’ve ever seen.”

On the other hand, the CDC’s so-called experts, who were dead wrong during covid, still call fluoride the greatest public health achievement of the last century. So. You choose.

Anyway, in the two weeks since the decision, a storm surge of people hedging their bets took off like a Boeing 747 with its wheels still on. Wait till you see the kinds of formerly verboten headlines appearing now. First, from News Nation, three days ago:

Fluoride may not do the dental job we thought: Study

... Soon, everybody will have always been against fluoride. Ladies and gentlemen, behold: another conspiracy theory becomes conspiracy fact.

Trace fluoride will reduce decay in developing children, but micro doses can be included with kiddie vitamins, it does not need to be in the water supply for everybody to do that (plus it remains optional). Also, it is unnecessary after the age of eight to ten or so. So why fluoridate the entire water supply for the entire population for kiddies who can get it in a safer, more measured dosage form otherwise and the rest of the population doesn't need it?

Fuckin' A, the John Birch Society was right all along. The Soviets fluoridated their population to increase passivity, too, apparently in even greater doses.