Get That Fluoride Out of Your Tea!
February 09, 2005
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It is important to be reminded every so often that all things must
come in moderation. That is certainly a lesson one woman learned after
discovering drinking one to two gallons of super-strength tea a day
resulted in harmful levels of fluoride in her body, causing her bone
pain. Specifically, the woman was suffering from spine pain attributed
to hyper-dense bones. When tested for the cause of her symptoms, the
results showed high levels of fluoride in her urine.
This case motivated scientists to test several brands of instant tea
available at grocery stores to determine the fluoride content in each.
The study analyzed 10 different brands of tea at regular-strength levels
in fluoride-free water. Each contained fluoride levels ranging from 1.0
to 6.5 parts per million (ppm):
Product |
Preparation |
Fluoride (ppm or mg/L) |
Laboratory 1 |
Laboratory 2 |
Mean |
Lipton |
|
|
|
|
|
Instant (1999) |
2.7 |
2.6 |
2.6 |
|
Instant (2003) |
7.7 |
5.4 |
6.5 |
|
Instant decaffeinated |
3.1 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
|
Instant diet iced tea mix (decaffeinated lemon) |
1.1 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
|
Naturally decaffeinated flow-through bags |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
Nestea |
|
|
|
|
|
Instant |
2.4 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
|
Instant decaffeinated |
2.4 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
Schnucks |
|
|
|
|
|
Instant |
1.5 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
AriZona |
|
|
|
|
|
Lemon iced tea mix |
2.5 |
1.9 |
2.2 |
Luzianne |
|
|
|
|
|
Specially blended for iced tea (bags) |
3.9 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
While consuming high levels of fluoride has been known to boost bone
density, it also results in bone brittleness and can lead to skeletal
fluorosis, resulting in:
- Bone pain
- Calcified ligaments
- Bone spurs
- Fused vertebrae
- Difficulty moving joints
Further, scientists believe fluoride is absorbed naturally into tea
plants from soil and rainwater, and varies by the year, harvest and
location all over the world. Aside from instant tea, Americans can be
exposed to fluoride through drinking water, fluoridated toothpastes and
dental preparations, coated cookware, chewing tobacco, some wines and
certain sparkling mineral waters.
Washington University January 25, 2005
The American Journal of Medicine January 2005; 118(1): 78-82
Join the Fight to Get Fluoride Out of Drinking Water
There's no doubt about it: fluoride should not be ingested.
Even scientists from the EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects
Research Laboratory have classified fluoride as a "chemical having
substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity.” Furthermore,
according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 41
percent of American adolescents now have dental fluorosis—unattractive
discoloration and mottling of the teeth that indicate overexposure to
fluoride. Clearly, children are being overexposed, and their health and
development put in jeopardy. Why?
At least when it comes to topical application, you have a choice. You
can easily buy fluoride-free toothpaste and mouthwash. But you're stuck
with whatever your community puts in the water, and it's very difficult
to filter out of your water once it's added. Many do not have the
resources or the knowledge to do so.
The only real solution is to stop the archaic practice of water
fluoridation in the first place. Fortunately, the Fluoride Action
Network has a game plan to END water fluoridation, both in the United
States and Canada. Clean pure water is a prerequisite to optimal health.
Industrial chemicals, drugs and other toxic additives really have no
place in our water supplies. So, please, support the anti-fluoride
movement by making a donation to the Fluoride Action Network today.
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