Day 10: Cancer

So we've reached the culmination of all of fluoride's health effects- CANCER. Nowadays hardly anyone has not been impacted by cancer's far-reaching infestation into all of our lives - through personal experiences or watching a loved one or friend endure it. It's the scariest of all of fluoride's effects, not to mention the most dangerous and prevalent. As we dive into this, keep in mind all of the fluoride we are ingesting without even realizing it and how it could be manifesting itself in your body right now.
Since there is such a strong link between fluoride and cancer, there has been much research conducted. First off, fluoride has been classified as a mutagen which means it has the ability to cause mutations in genetic material. However, in order to be considered a cancerous problem, there must be a very high concentration of the substance (namely, fluoride) - much higher than that of human blood. Many would think fluoride would seem like a substance incapable of causing cancer from this statement. On the contrary, there are areas called “microenvironments” in the body (such as the ends of bones) where levels of fluoride and mutagens accumulate enough to cause genotoxic effects.
In June of 2005, the Environmental Work Group documented fluoride's ability to mutate DNA and its known deposition on the end of growing bones, the sites of osteosarcomas. An osteosarcoma is a rare, often fatal type of bone cancer that has its risk increased sevenfold by exposure to fluoride, especially in males.
A Harvard University study similarly stated that when boys are exposed to fluoridated water between age 6-8, their risk for osteosarcoma increases 5-fold, and the most recent statistic states that there are about .95 cases per year per 100,000 men under 20 in a fluoridated area. In addition to this there are many reports of suspicion of hidden reports containing evidence of cancer linkage that have not been divulged to the general public because of bribery and corruption in the corporations.
Hellooo frightening concept! If fluoride is causing this much mutagenic and cancerous damage, we at least have the right to know about it! It's terrifying how little is revealed to us as civilians, but awareness is only half the battle. Tune in Wednesday for our last recap on how fluoride has attacked our ENTIRE body!!!