Is There Fluoride in Your Water?

Do you have fluoride in your tap water? Chances are probably not if you live in the UK (around 10% of the population is "fluorinated") but you can check your post code here>> 

You are much more likely to be subjected to fluoride in the US where 75% of the population are supplied with fluorinated water. The US is the most highly fluorinated country in the world followed by Brazil and Chile.

Those meddling Europeans have been at it again - 98% of Western Europe has rejected fluoridation on the grounds that it does not work and that it is morally reprehensible to forcibly medicate whole populations of people.

But in the US Fluoride is even added to some bottled waters marketed especially for children and advocated as being "ideal for mixing with baby formulas".

The babies and Moms here http://www.nurserywater.com/products certainly look bright eyed and bushy tailed although not sure the color of those eyes is entirely natural (they do say consult your doctor first though to be fair).

Vintage toothpaste maker Colgate are also enthusiastic of course but do warn that it is possible to have "too much of a good thing." :0

At the opposite end of the "good thing" scale fluoride is defined as a toxin and a waste product and as well as toothpaste, is also used in chemical warfare and WMDs.

Fluoride and Nikken

Does the Nikken water filter remove fluoride? Fluoride is particularly difficult to remove and usually requires expensive specialist filters but tests have shown the Nikken filters will remove two thirds of fluoride if it is present in your tap water.