Wednesday, December 17, 2008

How to Remove Fluoride from Drinking Water

Preventing Fluorosis
By Anne Marie Helmenstine, Ph.D., About.com

Most people are aware that there is a controversy surrounding public fluoridation of drinking water. Here is a list of ways to obtain drinking water without fluoride. In addition, I've listed water purification methods which do not remove fluoride from water.

Ways to Remove Fluoride from Water

  • Reverse Osmosis Filtration This is used to purify several types of bottled water (not all), so some bottled waters are unfluoridated. Reverse osmosis systems are generally unaffordable for personal use.

  • Activated Alumina Defluoridation Filter These filters are used in locales where fluorosis is prevalent. They are relatively expensive (lowest price I saw was $30/filter) and require frequent replacement, but do offer an option for home water filtration.

  • Distillation Filtration There are commercially available distillation filters that can be purchased to remove fluoride from water. On a related note: When looking at bottled water, keep in mind that 'distilled water' does not imply that a product is suitable for drinking water and other undesirable impurities may be present.

These Do NOT Remove Fluoride

  • Brita, Pur, and most other filters. Some websites about fluoride removal state otherwise, but I checked the product descriptions on the companies' websites to confirm that fluoride is left in the water.

  • Boiling Water This will concentrate the fluoride rather than reduce it.

  • Freezing Water Freezing water does not affect the concentration of fluoride.

Steps to Reduce Fluoride Exposure

  • Don't take fluoride supplements.

  • Read labels on bottled beverages. Unless they are made using distilled or reverse-osmosis water, they are probably made with fluoridated public water.

  • Consider using unfluoridated toothpaste.

  • Avoid drinking black or red tea. They come from two different types of plants, but both leaves naturally contain high amounts of fluorine.

  • Be wary of tinned fish and canned food items. Fluoride may be used as a preservative.

  • Avoid black or red rock salt or items containing black or red rock salt.

  • Avoid using chewing tobacco.

  • Avoid long term use of medication that contains fluorine. Certain antidepressants and medications for osteoporosis contain fluorine.
Ref: http://chemistry.about.com/od/chemistryhowtoguide/a/removefluoride.htm

2 Comments:

Blogger FluorideNews said...

Contact your legislators and your water department and tell them to stop putting the fluoride chemicals into the water supply.

Take action to end fluoridation nationally here:

http://congress.FluorideAction.Net

For more info
http://www.orgsites.com/ny/nyscof

http://www.FluorideAction.Net/health

9:23 PM  
Blogger Bartleby said...

Sit in silence while you get raped or protest for their own amusement...

Thanks for your comment.

2:03 PM  

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