When Caleb's Daddy, John and his brothers and sisters were little the government authorized putting fluoride in the drinking water. At that time there were scientists warning about the dangers of it, especially if a child was to get too much. One of the effects they warned about was that it could cause mental retardation. I made sure my children did not drink water with the additive.
Well as you can imagine, 50 years after health officials adopted this policy, the government has finally caught up with the scientists who knew all along it was a bad idea. The headlines in our paper one day last week announced a new finding that too much fluoride is not good. They have reduced the amount a child should have to .07 mg per liter. Over the years some areas have added .07 to 1.2 mg per liter and many kids were also getting it in their toothpaste. Some were taking supplements as well.
Supposedly the mineral is streaking and sometimes pitting the teeth. I'm wondering if there might be some mental retardation as well that will be kept under cover. If so, we will probably never know. But let this be a lesson. History repeats itself. Officials are always changing their minds as to what is good for us and what is harmful. We can not believe something just because the government says it is so.
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