Water, which is so vital to our health and well-being, contains a bunch of chemicals and toxic waste that we definitely do not want to be consuming. For example, FLUORIDE. There is a big controversy whether fluoride is actually beneficial or harmful to you. There are claims that fluoride actually prevents tooth decay. But isn't it enough that we use fluoride in our tooth paste? Must we ingest it every single day??
"Some advocates believe that the truth about fluoride does not reach the public easily because fluoride, produced as a toxic waste byproduct of many types of heavy industry - such as aluminum, steel, fertilizer, glass, cement and other industries -- must be disposed of somewhere. If it's not used as an additive to water, manufacturers would have to pay millions of dollars to dispose of it properly, so the pressure to keep fluoride listed as a healthy additive to water-and not as an environmental toxin that requires costly disposal - is great and political pressures to keep fluoride in the drinking water is strong."
Parents should pay particular attetion to this fluoride issue because dental fluorosis affects children. If children ingest an excessive amount of fluoride during their tooth forming years, their teeth can possibly end up looking like this:
To avoid ingesting fluoride in your drinking water, you can always purchase a water filter. But make sure that the water filter actually filters fluoride along with other toxic chemicals. Companies such as Brita and Pur retain fluoride in water. A good company to consider is Berkey Light Water Filters. Their water filters come in different sizes based on your needs.
*Evian and spring water do not contain fluoride.
