Dallas, Texas Ends Over 50 Years of Water Fluoridation
Anti
water fluoridation advocates have been successful in the removal of
fluoride from the water supply in Dallas, Texas. The ban comes after
five decades of water fluoridation, but more and more people around the
world have been gathering to put a stop to the practice over the last
few years.
“We don’t need it and we’d just
save a million dollars that we can use for something else. We’re looking
into seeing what we can do immediately so we can get those funds
up from now.” - Sheffie Kadane, Dallas City Council Member
“Yeah, this is major big. I knew we
would prevail. It only makes sense. We’re spending too much money on an
ineffective program.” - Scott Griggs, Dallas City Council Member
The decision was made after activists
continually showed up to city council meetings, providing evidence and
warning them regarding the risks involved with water fluoridation. As a
result, the city could save over $1 million a year that is spent on the
industrial chemical, that’s right, an industrial chemical.
The substance added to our drinking
water is called hydrofluorosilicic acid. It is a toxic waste substance
created from the creation processes of aluminum, fertilizer, steel and
nuclear industries. It’s not the natural element of fluoride, again,
it’s industrial toxic waste.
For example, in the Phosphate Mining
& Production Industry, much of the hydrofluorosilicic acid occurs
from strip-mined rock. The rock is broken up, placed in giant vats where
sulfuric acid is also added to get rid of whatever phosphate (and other
contaminants) are in the rock. While the phosphate is extracted, the
contaminants used to be released into the atmosphere. This was creating
more pollution, and killing animal and plant life. (See video below)
Environmental regulations were put in
place where pollution control devices were set up in order to capture
the contaminants, like arsenic, lead, mercury, silicofluoride and more.
Included in the pollution control device is hydrofluorosilicic acid, so
toxic that one needs to wear a full body suit and mask to be around it.
These contaminants are then taken out of the chimneys (scrubbed off with
the acid) and stored in “open-air cooling lakes,” which are further
exposed to airborne contaminants.
Industrial practices produce millions
and millions of gallons of this liquid hazardous waste. Because it costs
these corporations thousands and thousands of dollars per ton to
neutralize and dispose of hydrofluorosilicic acid, they instead sell it
to the population as a ‘product.’ How ridiculous is that?
Hydrofluorosilicic acid is shipped to your local drinking water
supplier.
“In
point of fact, fluoride causes more human cancer deaths than any other
chemical. When you have power you don’t have to tell the truth. That’s a
rule that’s been working in this world for generations. There are a
great many people who don’t tell the truth when they are in power in
administrative positions. Fluoride amounts to public murder on a grand
scale. It is some of the most conclusive scientific and biological
evidence that I have come across in my 50 years in the field of cancer
research.” - Dr. Dean Burke, Biochemist, Former Chief Chemist at the National Cancer Institute of Health (source)
“In
regard to the use of fluorosilicic acid as a source of fluoride for
fluoridation, this agency regards such use as an ideal environmental
solution to a long-standing problem. By recovering byproduct
fluorosilicic acid from fertilizer manufacturing, water and air
pollution are minimized” - Rebecca Hanmer – Former Deputy Assistant Administrator For Water, US Environmental Protection Agency (source #1) (source #2)
“If this stuff gets out into the
air, it’s a pollutant; if it gets into the river, it’s a pollutant; if
it gets into the lake, it’s a pollutant; but if it goes right straight
into your drinking water system, it’s not a pollutant. That’s amazing.”
- Dr. J. William Hirzy (2000) Senior Chemist at the US EPA Headquarters (source)
For more CE articles on Fluoride, click HERE.
Below is a very informative video I’ve used in a previous article done by RT news.
Sources:
All sources are highlighted throughout the article.
About the author
Arjun Walia
I joined the CE team in 2010 and have been doing this ever since.
There are many things happening on the planet that don't resonate with
me, and I wanted to do what I could to play a role in creating change.
It's been great making changes in my own life and creating awareness and
I look forward to more projects that move beyond awareness and into
action and implementation. So stay tuned :)
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