Fluoride is not used in any bodily function, and actually interferes with natural processes in our body. It is the active ingredient in tooth paste as well as most comercial rat poisons. It comes from the Florida phosphorus industry. Phosphorus is used in fertilizers as the P in NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium). In order to get the Phosphorus however, we must mine the ore from the ground, and then burn off all impurities. This results in the bi-product fluorosilic acid. Before we fluoridated water the fluoride would just go into the atmosphere, and KILL plants and livestock in the surrounding area. After this regulations were made to force the refiners to collect the fluorosilic acid in vats. Water companies nation wide now pay these companies for toxic waste to put into our water.



