I have a 23-yr old autistic son who has multiple chemical sensitivities and is so sensitive to fluoride that he cannot take a 3-minute shower without quickly developing a horrific headache.  We are stuck with Seattle's fluoridated water and spend tons of time and money providing him with fluoride-free drinking, cooking and bathing water.

I believe there are others with autism that are also sensitive to fluoride (because most have sensitivities to chemicals), but many parents don't know it.  It took me 14 years to figure out my son got headaches from drinking fluoride and another 9 years to discover he can't even tolerate a 1ppm fluoride shower.  I had thought that such a tiny amount couldn't possibly affect him negatively.  He didn't used to have such terrible headaches when he was younger---his chemical sensitivities have gotten progressively worse.  My son can only talk/respond a little and he has so many chemical reactions to hundreds of other substances that it can be difficult to sort out a chronic culprit like fluoride, but it's worth the effort.

I hope other parent's have figured out that, for an autistic person that talks very little, you should always consider that pain can cause negative behavior and chemicals, including fluoride in the tap water, can make an child's autistic symptoms increase...dramatically.  In addition to headaches, fluoridated baths have also caused my son insomnia, with rapid heartbeat, pounding legs and screaming/yelling til 1-2am.  I didn't know it was his bath back then.

I am so very thankful to Dr. Mercola for continually bringing up this extremely important topic.  It is our duty---everyone one of us---to stop this poisoning of our nation's children, to inform our legislators, to demand unpoisoned water from our water utilities and to stop pretending that water fluoridation is someone else's problem.  When our government systematically damages our children---with vaccines or fluoride---we all pay...some just pay more.  

I'm glad to see that Mercola.com is providing information on the dangers of fluoride.  However, there's one thing that REALLY bugs me.  They always talk about the fluoride in water, but I NEVER SEE ANY MENTION OF THE FLUORIDE IN TOOTHPASTE, AND THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST SOURCE OF IT FOR ANYONE WHO BRUSHES THEIR TEETH WITH CONVENTIONAL TOOTHPASTE!  Have you ever noticed there are actually poison warnings on toothpaste?  Check it out.  Why does Mercola.com fail to ever mention this most obvious source of fluoride?   :o(  

• The major reasons for the general decline of tooth decay worldwide, both in non-fluoridated and fluoridated areas, is the widespread use of fluoridated toothpaste, improved diets, and overall improved general and dental health (antibiotics, preservatives, hygiene etc).
• What little benefit fluoridated water may still provide is derived primarily through topical means (after the teeth erupt and come in contact with fluorides in the oral cavity). Fluoride does not need to be swallowed to be effective - in fact, that has is harmful.
• Hydrofluorosilicic acid is recovered from the smokestack scrubbers during the production of phosphate fertilizer and sold to most of the major cities in North America, which use this industrial grade source of fluoride to fluoridate drinking water, rather than the more expensive pharmaceutical grade sodium fluoride salt. Fluorosilicates have never been tested for safety in humans. Furthermore, these industrial-grade chemicals are contaminated with trace amounts of heavy metals such as lead, arsenic and radium that accumulate in humans. Increased lead levels have been found in children living in fluoridated communities. Osteosarcoma (bone cancer) has been shown to be associated with radium in the drinking water. Long-term ingestion of these harmful elements should be avoided altogether.

Thank you for posting some of the truth about fluoride.  

The government mandates that toxic chemicals such as Lye be added to our drinking water supply to make the water about 7.0 PH.  They don't do this for our health, they do it so the pipes won't clog up or corrode.

Reverse Osmosis removes flouride however Distilled and RO water should never be consumed because these processes removes all of the minerals from the water.  When you remove the minerals, the water becomes acidic aggressively soaks up minerals from your body and can cause all sorts of problems.

The Ionization process is the very best way to make healthy drinking water.  After filtering the water passes over positive and negative electrically charged plates which split the water by attracting the Ions with the opposite charge.  

Since flouride, chlorine, lye, pharmaceuticals Etc. are always a positive charge, they are attracted to the Negatively charged plate and are separated along with the acidic part of the water.  This leaves clean alkaline, antioxidant, hexagonal drinking water that will help keep your body alkaline and healthy.

Whole Life Water is the best Ionized water on the planet because of the quality of the Ionizing device that processes the water.  In Japan this device is used in hospitals to treat the cause of many diseases and is one of the reasons that the Japanese people are the #1 healthiest, longest lived people on earth.

To remain disease free your body must be slightly alkaline and the blood must maintain approximately 7.35 PH +- or you will die.  I am convinced that our epidemic of diabetes, cancer and many other diseases is due to the consumption of bottled water that is acidic along with our diet of over processed acid producing convenience food.

Our bodies are roughly 75 to 80% water and our brains are about 90% water.  For your health and long life choosing the right water to drink is the most important health decision you will ever make.