Study Reveals More Proof
Fluoridation Can Damage Human Thyroid Gland
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untreated an underactive thyroid (hypothyroidism) can cause several health
problems, such as obesity, joint pain, infertility and heart disease. (Mayo Clinic)
Researchers, Kheradpisheh
et al., compared people with hypothyroidism to those without thyroid disease and
found that fluoride in drinking water impairs thyroid hormones even at 0.5
milligrams per Liter (mg/L) – less than the US government and organized dentistry’s recommendation of 0.7
mg/L to ostensibly reduce tooth decay.
Many municipalities still
artificially fluoridate up to 1.2 mg/L – the old guidelines – which contributes
to the growing dental fluorosis epidemic (discolored teeth).
In
fact, “Some studies have discovered the relation between dental fluorosis and
thyroid disease,” write Kheradpisheh’s team.
They write “The major
finding of this study is that TSH values [thyroid stimulating hormones] are
higher with a higher fluoride concentration in the drinking water, even for
generally low fluoride concentrations. This is seen both in cases of untreated
hypothyroidism and in controls.” High TSH levels are a hypothyroid biomarker.
They detail many previous
fluoride/thyroid damaging studies.
In 2006, the National
Research Council published the first review of fluoride/thyroid literature and
revealed substantial evidence that fluoride
exposure can impact thyroid function in some individuals.
Chair of the NRC fluoride panel, toxicologist John Doull, said the “The thyroid changes
do worry me,” according to a
Scientific American article.
Kheradpisheh concludes his
findings are “consistent with the Peckham study in England,”
Peckham writes, “The clear
[and significant] association found in our analyses between fluoride levels in
drinking water and variations in hypothyroidism prevalence appears to confirm
findings in earlier studies that ingestion of fluoride affects thyroid
function…The findings of the study raise particular concerns about the validity
of community fluoridation as a safe public health measure.”
Attorney Paul Beeber,
NYSCOF President says “It’s immoral that state and local legislatures mandate
fluoridation or impede cities from stopping fluoridation which seems like a
back-door mandate. - e.g. NYS Fluoridation Law 1100a which should be repealed.”
This law inserted into the Governor's budget and passed without question by state legislators was created, in our opinion, by the American Dental Assocition whose political viability is tied to protecting fluoridation.