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karynnj

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14. Morris County New Jersey does not use fluoride in its water

Fri Dec 23, 2011, 10:58 AM

Dec 2011

This is an affluent county that has often ranked in the top ten wealthiest. I was stunned to learn this when I moved here from Indiana in 1972. However, looking for a link to see if that were still the case, I found this interesting summary for NJ. In addition to listing where fluoride was added, they have a chart showing the natural level of fluoride - and the two collection points in Morris County show it is acceptable. http://www.nj.gov/dep/watersupply/flouride_pws_8_08.pdf

My husband, my kids and I got the semi annual fluoride treatment at the dentist.

It might be that the town either had people, who were diagnosed as getting too much fluoride in their water or they tested the water and it was not needed. It might also be that there are better ways to get the right level if the level is too low in the water. (One question I have is whether various in house water treatment solutions filter the fluoride out.)

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Paranoid Township Board ends fluoridation of water. [View all] RandySF Dec 2011 OP

Hope they all have good dental insurance... Sirveri Dec 2011 #1

there's flouride in toothpaste SixthSense Dec 2011 #6

Wrong-ola. PCIntern Dec 2011 #31

In what state is this? jberryhill Dec 2011 #2

Michigan. RandySF Dec 2011 #3

Don't they all just drink out of a lake or something anyway? jberryhill Dec 2011 #7

Close enough ;-) etherealtruth Dec 2011 #28

Good for them KT2000 Dec 2011 #4

Yeah... Eating solid food is highly overrated! jberryhill Dec 2011 #8

Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #11

Tom's just recently started toothpaste WITH fluoride obamanut2012 Dec 2011 #19

No it isn't. I see lots of Tom's with fluoride. Overseas Dec 2011 #33

Not really KT2000 Dec 2011 #40

Oh, boy! TygrBright Dec 2011 #5

you DO know that fluoride is a byproduct of radioactive things like bombs, etc? StarsInHerHair Dec 2011 #9

Flouride is the ion version of Flourine Confusious Dec 2011 #15

You have to be kidding obamanut2012 Dec 2011 #21

Please research some basic chemistry prior to posting things like this etherealtruth Dec 2011 #25

My first reaction, upon seeing the headline was, "Wow, a whole town of unreconstructed Birchers" . . markpkessinger Dec 2011 #10

But some folks are just trying to reduce their chemical burdens. To be allowed to choose which Overseas Dec 2011 #34

Morans. Odin2005 Dec 2011 #12

I wonder if there has been any credible non-ideologically driven/non-conspiracy theory driven Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Dec 2011 #16

Morris County New Jersey does not use fluoride in its water karynnj Dec 2011 #14

No it is difficult to find a water filter that gets the flouride out. Overseas Dec 2011 #36

I didn't have fluoride in my water Maine-ah Dec 2011 #17

I've lived in rural areas all of my life, and always drank spring or Zorra Dec 2011 #18

For most of my life I have only had spring water BlueToTheBone Dec 2011 #27

I grew up with water that didn't have fluoride obamanut2012 Dec 2011 #20

how do you explain then Maine-ah Dec 2011 #22

Genetics would be my first guess... malthaussen Dec 2011 #23

I would think then that if it's genetics Maine-ah Dec 2011 #24

Ingesting fluoride is just not healthy. MattBaggins Dec 2011 #41

I have no idea obamanut2012 Dec 2011 #39

Next they will ban chemtrails proud2BlibKansan Dec 2011 #26

Mandrake, have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water? PurityOfEssence Dec 2011 #29

HA! originalpckelly Dec 2011 #30

Not paranoid at all Yo_Mama Dec 2011 #32

Thank you for adding some balance to the discussion. Overseas Dec 2011 #37

how dare you SixthSense Dec 2011 #42

Hope they are ready for a surge in denal caries in children taught_me_patience Dec 2011 #35

Chomping on the sugar cane, like I did as a kid, wasn't the main thing. Overseas Dec 2011 #38