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Fluoridated Water Affects Your Thyroid Gland

Dr. Barry Durrant-Peatfield expands on how England's proposed nationwide fluoridation of their water supplies could damage peoples' thyroids. Fluoride is an enzyme poison. Enzymes are complex protein compounds that vastly speed up biological chemical reactions while themselves remaining unchanged. Fluorides are cumulative and build up steadily with intake of fluoride from all sources, which include not just water but the air we breathe and the food we eat. He expands on how this toxic poison can harm your:

  • Immune system
  • Musculoskeletal system
  • Genes
  • Thyroid

Mary Shomon Thyroid About.com November 4, 2003