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Research just published shows fluoride affects the aorta (main artery) and heart in ways that lead to increased heart attacks. “This confirms findings from the earliest days of water fluoridation in the USA that deaths from heart attacks sky-rocketed in the fluoridated communities, compared with the unfluoridated ones” points out Mark Atkin, of Fluoride Action Network NZ and the Fluoridation-free NZ Coalition.
Research shows that the heart beat rate slows, and heart rate abnormalities increase, in direct proportion to increasing fluoride levels. This occurred at the relatively low fluoride levels that cause symptoms mistaken for arthritis, in NZ as elsewhere according to WHO. Why should this be? Because elevated blood-fluoride levels lower available body calcium. Low calcium is directly related to impaired heartbeat. Extremely low calcium causes cardiac arrest, as in cases of acute fluoride poisoning. “It shouldn’t surprise us that lower levels of fluoride have a more subtle long-term effect, thus increasing heart problems – still the number one killer in our society” observes Mr Atkin, adding “Fluoride deposits calcium as plaque, and reduces blood-calcium levels. Calcification of the aorta and other arteries by fluoride, resulting in arteriosclerosis, has been demonstrated since the 1980s.” Even our children are apparently at risk. Japanese researchers found that children with dental fluorosis have a higher incidence of heart damage than those without fluorosis. Chinese researchers showed an increase in abnormal heart rhythm in patients with dental fluorosis. NZ studies show twice as many children in fluoridated areas have dental fluorosis than do unfluoridated children. “You do the math” says Mr Atkin. “With this knowledge no one in their right mind would keep pouring this poison into our water supplies, even if it did save the ½ a filling per person the Ministry of Health claims, but sound research constantly fails to show” concludes Mr Atkin, adding “It’s a ‘no-brainer’. But of course fluoride also lowers IQ – perhaps that explains the Ministry’s entrenched position in the face of hard science.” |