Why would people want to add fluoride to drinking water if is so dangerous?
Silicofluorides, such as hexafluorosilicic acid, are toxic hazardous waste products of the aluminum, steel, and fertilizer industries. This type of fluoride is more toxic than lead and nearly as toxic as arsenic (both carcinogens). Before the fluoridation of drinking water began, these industries were forced to dispose of this waste at dumpsites. This was not only costly; it was also wreaking havoc on the environment. For example, in 1952, 1000 to 7000 pounds of industry-grade fluoride was dumped at a site in Vancouver. This pollution “contaminated the grass and resulted in injury and death to cattle,” according to the Seattle Times. Today, approximately 5,000 pounds of this same fluoride is dumped into the water in cities across the nation under the guise of “public health. In December 1966, the American Association for the Advancement of Science named fluoride as the third most dangerous air pollutant in the nation. The levels of fluoride added to drinking water far exceed the concen
