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Fluoride's Toxic Effects on the Kidney <br /> The AMA has warned that "Fluorides are general protoplasmic poisons ....probably <br /> because of their capacity to modify the metabolism of cells by changing the <br /> permeability of the cell membrane and by inhibiting certain enzyme systems." (1) <br /> Human kidneys excrete about half the daily fluoride intake and concentrate fluoride up <br /> to 50 times its level in the blood. With the exception of the pineal gland the kidneys <br /> accumulate more fluoride than any other soft tissue in the body. (2) We know kidneys <br /> are vulnerable to acute fluoride poisoning because high doses of certain fluoride- <br /> containing anesthetics have damaged kidneys after short exposure. (3) <br /> Research by the Varner group (4) and by McKay, Ramseyer and Smith (5) showed <br /> that rats drinking water containing 1 part per million fluoride showed renal damage. <br /> Borke and Whitford reported kidney damage in rats with plasm fluoride levels <br /> somewhat below those in humans who are drinking 1 part per million fluoride water. <br /> (6) These kidneys had decreased rates of calcium transport that could adversely affect <br /> calcium levels in the body. <br /> Many studies have found kidney disease to be a common feature of humans who have <br /> developed bone damage from excessive fluoride called skeletal fluorosis. (7) It is <br /> possible in some of these cases kidney damage from fluoride results in decreased <br /> renal excretion of fluoride resulting in higher blood fluoride levels yielding too much <br /> accumulation in bone causing skeletal fluorosis. This seems especially likely since <br /> the US Public Health Service has stated that Americans are now taking in almost 8mg <br /> of fluoride per day, four times the level that was considered safe by officials when <br /> fluoridon was<introduced in the 1950s. (8) <br /> References: <br /> 1. The Fluoride Deception by Christopher Bryson, 2004, Seven Stories Press, pg. 299 <br /> 2. The Case Against Fluoride by Paul Connett, PhD, 2010, Chelsea Green Publishing <br /> Company, pg. 195 <br /> 3. ibid, pg. 195 <br /> 4. J.A. Varner et al, ibid pg. 195 <br /> 5. C.M. McCay, W.F. Ramseyer, and C.A. Smith "Effect of Sodium Fluoride <br /> Administration on Body Changes in Old Rats", Journal of Gerontology, 12, no. 1 <br /> (1957): 14-19 <br /> 6. J.L. Borke and G.M. Whitford, "Chronic Fluoride Ingestion Decreases 45Ca Uptake <br /> by Rat Kidney Membranes", Journal of Nutrition 129 (1999) 1209-13 <br /> 7. The Case Against Fluoride (See ref. 2 above) pg. 196 <br /> 8. Health and Nutrition Secrets that can save your life by Russell Blaylock, MD, 2006, <br /> Health Press, pg. 119 <br /> Additional good general reference on fluoride toxicity: Fluoride the Agjng Factor by <br /> John Yiamouyiannis, PhD, 3rd edition, 1993, Health Action Press <br />