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Fluoride in
drinking water has been determined by numerous studies to be a
serious health hazard. But what is the best Best Home Water
Purifier to Remove Fluoride?
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Directly to Fluoride Water Filters Comparisons
The advantages and disadvantages of fluoride water
has been for many years, and is being, hotly debated! Removing
floride from water is being recommended by numerous health
organizations!
Even more disturbing than the cosmetic
impact that fluoride can have on teeth, research is also linking
fluoride to
increased risk of cancer (particularly bone
cancer)
gene mutations
reproductive problems
neurotoxicity (hyper or depressed activity)
bone fluorosis (decreasing density)
In fact, in 1999, the EPA's Headquarters Union of
Scientists took a stand opposing fluoridation of drinking water
supplies. Read more
here.
Most water filters on the market do not remove
fluoride unless they are specifically manufactured to do so.
You have to look specifically for a water purifier that takes out
flouride.
Reverse osmosis water filters will remove up to 90% of fluoride in
drinking water. Also, water filters specifically designed to remove
fluoride are available. You may also want to consider a
chlorine flouride water filter - like the models listed below.
There are two types of filter medium used to
remove fluoride from drinking water. Activated alumina and a
SIR-900 which is a synthetic aluminum oxide.
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