>>>Have you considered that tea leaves have a very high content of fluoride?
>>
>>
>> Perhaps not as much as the tea infusion:
>>
>> Fluoride Content of tea
>>
>> Leaf tea
>> Fluoride concentration in tea infusion 1.12 (mg/ l )
>> Dissolvable fluoride in tea leaf 0.28 (mg/ g)
>>
>> Bagged tea
>> Fluoride concentration in tea infusion 2.08 (mg/ l )
>> Dissolvable fluoride in tea leaf 0.52 (mg/ g)
>>
>> (Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology (2003)
>> 13, 66 - 73)
>> this is by a team in Taiwan.
>
>That sucks because I am addicted to green tea. I consume at least 4 tea
>bags a day (served with fruit juices, honey, and ginseng extract, yum!)
>and the thought that it could be unhealthy is terrifying. Is the high
>level of fluoride the result of biology or soil contamination?

This all assumes that Fluoride in the tiny amounts above pose any
problem at all. read this extensive article about Fluoride from the
pauling institute:

http://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocente...oride/#content

"The lowest dose that could trigger adverse symptoms is considered to be
5 mg/kg of body weight, with the
lowest potentially fatal dose considered 15 mg/kg of body weight."

Compare to the levels in tea, orders of magnitude are involved here.