Advocates Push to Add Toxic Fluoride to San Jose Water Supply

I did not realize that San Jose was the largest city in the country that does not add fluoride to its water supply. I give props to San Jose for that decision. However, San Jose may soon be joining the other 70% of the country that gets fluoride medicine in its water, because advocates are pushing to add this fluoride by-product of the nuclear industry to the water. There seems to be a worldwide push to add fluoride to any waters that are not currently fluoridated such as the Australian water bottling companies winning a recent ruling to add fluoride.

Putting fluoride in the water is a forced medication. Why is there medicine in the water? What are they going to put in the water next? Viagra?

I stopped drinking tap water here in Los Angeles last year to avoid the hundreds of chemicals that are commonly found in the water, and there is a noticeable difference in the quality and the taste. I would advise any San Jose residents to fight this proposal 100%.

In a push toward better dental health in the valley, advocates have launched a campaign to raise the millions needed to upgrade the city's water infrastructure. Given the controversy that typically surrounds fluoridation efforts, they expect progress to be slow...

About 70 percent of community water systems in the United States are treated with fluoride, recognized by international health experts as a key method in preventing tooth decay, particularly among children. In California, only 30 percent of water systems are fluoridated, Duchon said, partly because of the state's highly complex water systems.

San Jose's system, for instance, includes more than 100 wells at almost 30 sites. So the water company has been reluctant to take on the task and find the money for it.

"The health question is not really in our purview," said company spokesman John Tang. "We need to better define what technology is out there to help us fluoridate the water in the most cost-effective way."

My recommendation. Don't drink the tap water. If you don't believe me, look at the back of your fluoride toothpaste. It says to call poison control if swallowed. This is due to the fluoride in the toothpaste. If it is poisonous to swallow fluoride toothpaste, then why in the world would you want to ingest fluoridated water?

Source: San Jose Mercury News