Fluoride in Water
1. Some people think that fluoride is a necessity in drinking water. The people that think fluoride should be in water think this because of a few reasons. One reason is because fluoride strengthens tooth enamel. Fluoride also is able to fix the acid that is on your teeth or prevent it from happening. Fluoride also prevents tooth decay. One person that did believe that fluoride was good for drinking water was Fredrick McKay. In 1901 he saw all the brown stains on all of the peoples teeth. He discovered that the fluoride in the water was at a high level. Scientists have made discoveries that fluoride below 1 ppm is safe. Some people think on the other hand, think that fluoride can be harmful. Too much of fluoride before 8 years old children, can cause enamel fluorosis. Here are some things that have been proven from fluoride in water.
- Lower IQ
- Causes Cancer
- Changes bone structure and strength
- Causes birth defects
2. I wouldn’t mind adding fluoride. I can see why people don’t want fluoride in their water, but there are some positive affects from fluoride. There might be positive and negative affects to fluoride, but the negative ones might not be harmful. There are many controversies with water. There are also many things that people worry about. One of the things that people worry about is dental fluorosis. I thin that water is safe enough to drink because it has been scientifically proven that water levels at 1 ppm is safe to drink.
3.Toothpaste and fluoride have had changes to them. Toothpaste is made of stannous fluoride, sodium fluoride, and monofluoridephosphate. These all come from hydrofluoric acid. There is a trick to making fluoride toothpaste. This is the process of mixing fluoride with compatible abrasive. Sodium fluoride is the leading dentifrice today. They have also added sodium fluoride or monofluorophosphate has been added.
4.There are a few concerns of the affects of drinking water. One concern to drinking water in dental fluorosis. Dental fluorosis is when the enamel on your teeth did not crystallize properly. The affects of this disease are a chalky blotching of the teeth to brown color satins. Then your teeth become brittle. Also this disease can lower the I.Q. of some children. This is a concern to me because it could affect anyone. This is also a concern to me because water is a necessity and people do consume a lot of water a day. I do think the levels are safe enough, but hopefully the consumption of water is at a safe level. Another concern is that they have proven that the cancer rate in areas with more fluoride in the water has a higher rate of cancer. These are some concerns that I have with drinking water, but I do believe water is very safe. I do not think that they would make water at an unsafe level that would harm people. I love water!
here are some links that have to do with water
http://sci.tech-archive.net/Archive/sci.med.dentistry/2007-04/msg00653.html
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