Breaking: Fluoride Linked to #1 Cause of Death in New Research (Peer Reviewed)

Groundbreaking new research has linked sodium fluoride to cardiovascular disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. Researchers found that fluoride consumption directly stimulates the hardening of your arteries, a condition known as atherosclerosis that is highly correlated with the #1 killer. Sodium fluoride is currently added to the water supply of many cities worldwide, despite extreme opposition from health professionals and previous studies linking it to decreased IQ and infertility.

In their research, scientists examined the relationship between fluoride intake and the hardening (calcification) of the arteries. Studying more than 60 patients, the researchers found a significant correlation between fluoride consumption and the calcification of your arteries. Published in the January edition of the journal Nuclear Medicine Communications, the research highlights the fact that mass fluoride exposure may be to blame for the cardiovascular disease epidemic that takes more lives each year than cancer. In 2008, cardiovascular killed 17 million people.

According to the authors of the study:

“The coronary fluoride uptake value in patients with cardiovascular events was significantly higher than in patients without cardiovascular events.”

Amazingly, this is not the first report to come out on the dangers of water fluoridation, however the United States government along with other nations have allowed for the continued fluoridation of the public water supply despite these key findings. In fact, the U.S. government has even gone on record stating that a reduction in water fluoridation needs to occur following the results of a massive study that found water fluoridation affected cognitive function to the point of lowering the IQ of children. It turns out that the announcement was little more than a public relations stunt to curtail the massive wave of activism that followed the findings.

Government Admits Dangers Yet Continues to Pump Fluoride Into Your Water Supply
Over 24 other studies have unanimously concluded that fluoride negatively impacts cognitive function. In addition to these 24 studies focusing on cognition, over 100 animal studies have linked fluoride to an increase in male infertility, diabetes, and a whole host of other health problems. In the latest study on cognition, it was found that that 28% of the children who lived in an area where fluoride levels were low achieved the highest test scores. This means that the children exposed to less fluoride scored normal or advanced, while only 8% of fluoridated children did the same.

In fact, the safety precautions regarding sodium fluoride are quite telling themselves:

Risk and Safety Phrases.

R25 – Toxic if swallowed.
R32 – Contact with acid liberates very toxic gas.
R36/38 – Irritating to skin and eyes.
S1/2 – Keep locked up and out of reach of children.
S22 – Do not breathe dust.
S36 – Wear suitable protective clothing.
S45 - In case of accident or if you feel unwell, seek medical advice immediately (show the label whenever possible.)
But what about cavity prevention?

Since 1962 the government has recommended fluoride levels between 0.7 and 1.2 milligrams per liter in the nations drinking water. Toted as an excellent cavity blocker, fluoride has been praised for its alleged power to prevent tooth decay and boost oral health. Research has now revealed that fluoride, the very substance that is supposed to prevent tooth decay, actually does nothing to prevent against cavities. In fact, vitamin D has been found to be significantly more effective in cavity prevention without the extreme side effects. Instead of damaging your body, vitamin D slashes your risk of just about everything fluoride consumption causes.

According to the latest numbers, over 72 percent of Americans drink water treated with fluoride. Is it any wonder that cardiovascular disease rates are off the charts? Perhaps most concerning is the fact that fluoride does not even prevent cavities, which is the very reason legislators have pushed to keep it in the public water supply despite the links to deadly disease. Even if fluoride was found to prevent cavities, would it be worth the adverse effects?

Fluoride should be completely removed from the international water supply as it is a threat to public health. Until the proper legislation is passed, acquiring a high-quality water filter that removes fluoride is vital for the health perseverance of you and your family.

Source: http://naturalsociety.com/breaking-fluoride-linked-to-1-cause-of-death-in-new-research/#ixzz2EuEEDgtVbreaking-fluoride-linked-to-1-cause-of-death-in-new-research/#ixzz2EsoIpHD9

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FLUORIDE & ARTERIAL CALCIFICATION

The major change involved with cardiovascular disease is development of atherosclerosis in critical arteries, which is partially characterized by vascular calcification. The level of coronary artery calcification is thought to be the most important indicator of future cardiovascular events.

Increased arterial calcifications have frequently been reported in those with skeletal fluorosis (Tuncel, 1984). Fluoride accumulation leads to cellular toxicity, likely causing the accumulation of calcium (Susheela and Kharb, 1990). The aorta has been shown to accumulate more fluoride than possibly any other soft tissue, with 8,400 ppm F reported in one case (Greever et al., 1971). Similarly, studies indicate that animals chronically exposed to fluoride have increased levels of both fluoride and calcium in the aorta (Susheela and Kharb, 1990) and heart (Stookey and Muhler, 1963).

EXCERPTS FROM THE SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE:

“Given the assumption that fluoride uptake represents dynamic atherosclerotic calcification, we would expect that fluoride uptake occurs at the stage before the formation of detectable calcium deposition. Fluoride uptake either overlaps with calcification or locates adjacent to the detectable calcium deposits, suggesting that fluoride uptake and detectable calcification represent different stages of the atherosclerotic process.”
SOURCE: Li Y, et al. (2012). Association of vascular fluoride uptake with vascular calcification and coronary artery disease. Nuclear Med Comm 33:14-20.

“Results of this study suggest that endemic fluorosis might cause aortosclerosis, which greatly aggravate the course and range of sclerosis and calcification of the conducting arteries and which in turn make fluorosis severer.”
SOURCE: Song AH, et al. (1990). Observations on fluoric aortosclerosis by two-dimensional echocardiography. Endemic Diseases Bulletin 5(1):91-4.

“As with the liver tissue, the hearts from those animals which received the calcification-inducing diet and fluoride were found to contain nearly twice as much calcium and fluoride as those of comparable control animals.”
SOURCE: Stookey GK, Muhler JC. (1963). Relationship between fluoride deposition and metastatic calcification in soft tissues of rat and guinea pig. Proceed Soc Exp Biol Med 113:720-25.

“the fluoride contents of the serum and the aorta are significantly raised compared to normal, suggesting that prolonged administration of fluoride to rabbits results in the accumulation of fluoride in the aorta. It is evident that calcium levels are significantly increased in the aorta of animals administered fluoride, while phosphorus contents remain unaltered. The enhanced calcium content as well as the Ca/P ratio supports the view that the aorta is undergoing mineralization.”
SOURCE: Susheela AK, Kharb P. (1990). Aortic calcification in chronic fluoride poisoning: biochemical and electron microscope evidence. Exp Mol Path 53:72-80.

“A review of the literature indicates that, in skeletal fluorosis, arterial calcifications are common. Over age 60, patients in the high-fluoride group showed a significantly higher incidence of Moenckeberg [arterial] calcifications. A highly significant correlation (p<0.001) was observed between the severity of these calcifications and the severity of skeletal changes within this group.”
SOURCE: Tuncel E. (1984). The incidence of Moenckeberg calcifications in patients with endemic fluorosis. Fluoride 17(1):4-8.

“the decrease in elastic properties of the aorta in patients with chronic fluorosis might be due to calcification and degeneration of smooth muscle fibers in the tunica media of the aorta.”
SOURCE: Varol E, et al. (2010). Aortic elasticity is impaired in patients with endemic fluorosis. Biol Trace Elem Res 133:121-7.

Source: http://www.fluoridealert.org/studies/cardio02/

More references: http://www.fluoridealert.org/issues/health/cardio/