"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 12/4/2013 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
>> On 2013-12-04, Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
>>> In article >,
>>> Pete C. > wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
>>>> chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain
>>>
>>> Purity of Essence.
>>
>> I don't know what the above is, but I do know Pete, as usual, is dead
>> wrong. It's quite difficult to find bottled water that does NOT
>> contain small amts of chorine and salt, both allowed by the FDA. As
>> for flouride, it is offered as option from some brands of bottled
>> water, like Alhambra water in CA. This because some municipalities,
>> like the one where my granddaughters live, have commie fearing morons
>> in the city govt and no flouride in the water. This means my GDs will
>> be plagued with cavities, jes like I was. My daughter never had a
>> single cavity (almost 10 yrs) till we moved from a fluoridated town to
>> a non-fluoridated town. I would buy fluoridated water for my GDs.
>>
>> nb
>>
> If fluoride is (allegedly) so bad why is it added to toothpaste? Why do
> they sell fluoride rinses? Why do dentists give fluoride treatments? I
> really don't understand the paranoia about fluoride.
>
One of the loonie fringe arguments is that it is industrial waste! But hell,
the lanolin used in a plethora of women's cosmetics is too. In fact, it used
to be extracted from sewage in towns where wool processing was a major
industry!
Graham