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One of the most wonderful things my fur babies have brought me is information on our food/water supply and how it affects our body. As many of you know my husband and I own a plumbing company so water quality is one of the things we deal with on a regular basis. Not too far back the federal government lowered the allowable amount of fluoride in our drinking water from 2.6 ppm to .6 ppm (that is huge!). But it should not even be in there at all IMO but they have bought so much they have to get rid of it over time etc...
Anyway, while I knew there was quite a bit of chemicals in our tap water including fluoride I was really surprised to find out that one of the side affects of fluoride it that it actually leaches calcium from our bones. There is also a link to kidney issues. Well the first thing I thought about were the MBD babies. Some areas are higher doses than others and it can change daily. I have been taking water samples from our area for the past year and out of the 4 (taken quarterly) tests each one has come back with different levels and different chemicals being present. But what has remained consistent is the level of Fluoride has been consistently higher than EPA/FDA allowed amounts. We have even found that some bottled water companies are not following protocol and are not as "pure" as they claim.
IMO The smaller the creature the more affects it would have at a faster rate. Those who have sick babies may want to switch to distilled or safe brand of bottled water if possible.
Here are the links to some articles for those interested:
http://fluoridealert.org/studies/osteoid01/
http://fluoridation.com/bones.htm
http://fluoridealert.org/issues/health/kidney/
http://www.realfarmacy.com/printable...ning-fluoride/