The Fluoride Action Network reports that many chemicals used for the fluoridation of U.S. drinking water come from China and contain toxic levels of arsenic and lead.

Concerned citizen Bernard Miltenberger of Frostburg, Maryland recently wrote in the Cumberland Times-News:

I have asked now for two years for the Frostburg Mayor and Council to put in the water bill for area residence the ADA warning to not to use fluoridated water when making infant formula, but to no avail.

Are we insane?

Mr. Miltenberger is right. We can no longer trust our governments to protect us from toxic chemicals in our water.

You must remove toxins liek Chinese fluoride on your own. There are two different types of filters for effective fluoride removal. One is the countertop fluoride filter, which contains activated alumina to remove fluoride. The other is the Crystal Quest reverse osmosis system.

ABC Boston (WCVB) reports that the water department in Amesbury, MA, has stopped adding fluoride to the water because of concerns about the imported Chinese fluoride. When mixed with water, 40 percent of the supposed sodium fluoride will not dissolve.

“I don’t know what it is,” said Department of Public Works Director Rob Desmarais. “It’s no soluble, and it doesn’t appear to be sodium fluoride, so we’re not quite sure what it is.”

The Amesbury water department has stopped using the fluoride from China – but more than 650,000 people in Massachusetts are still drinking water fluoridated with the chemicals from China. Nearly 1,000,000 people in Massachusetts are drinking water tainted by defective Chinese chemicals.

“They should test it to make sure it’s safe for us to drink,” said Paul Stewart of Newburyport, MA. “On the same day that I read the story about fluoride coming from China, I also read about stories about melamine that was being contaminated in milk products coming from China, and then we had another story about more lead in kids’ toys from China.”

Most sodium fluoride is imported from China because the Chinese supply is the cheapest. Fluoride is added to virtually all water supplies in the United States because it helps to prevent tooth decay. However, recent research has found that fluoride in water may contribute to developmental problems, reproductive problems, thyroid problems, endocrine problems, and neurological problems.

To remove fluoride from your water, you can use either a reverse osmosis water filter or an activated alumina defluoridation filter.

Isn’t it bad enough that our drinking water is polluted with fluoride, chlorine, industrial chemicals, and pesticides? Appartently not!

Several recent studies have found pharmaceutical drugs in drinking water – from antipsychotics to sex hormones. An Associated Press investigation found pharmaceuticals in the drinking water supply of at least 41 million people in the United States.

When people take drugs, some of the pharmaceuticals pass through their body and exit in urine, which is flushed down the toilet. This water is treated before it enters rivers and lakes, and it’s treated again before it becomes drinking water, but water treatment plants do not remove all pharmaceuticals.

EPA scientist Christian Daughton explained, “People think that if they take a medication, their body absorbs it and it disappears, but of course that’s not the case.”

Then there’s the problem of hospitals and other health care facilities that flush old medicine down the toilet, as if the toilet makes the drugs magically disappear. It’s not magical, folks. It’s just a crapper.

Bovine drugs – such as the antibiotics given to cows – also end up in drinking water supplies. (Cows have to pee, too!)

According to the EPA, sewage treatment systems are simply not engineered to remove pharmaceutical drugs. In fact, the highest concentration of pharmaceuticals in drinking water tends to be near sewage treatment plans (suggesting that most of the drugs enter water from human waste).

Of course, the level of exposure to drugs in drinking water is low, but over the years, it can add up to cause harm. For instance, sex hormones can interfere with reproduction and development, and psyciatric medications can alter behavior, even at a low levels of chronic exposure. And antibiotics in the water only contribute to the development of more “super bugs.”

“These are chemicals that are designed to have very specific effects at very low concentrations,” explains Dr. John Sumpter of Brunel University. “That’s what pharmaceuticals do. So when they get out to the environment, it should not be a shock to people that they have effects.”

An under sink reverse osmosis water purifier is the best way to eliminate pharmaceuticals from your water.