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Home > Fluoride & Thyroid Disease
Fluoride & Thyroid DiseaseSummation - Fluoride & the Thyroid: Starting in the 1930s and extending through to the 1970s, fluoride was utilized by European and South American doctors as a drug to treat HYPER-thyroidism (over-active thyroid).
Of concern today in the United States, and other highly fluoridated countries, is the fact that some people are now regularly receiving doses of fluoride that overlap, and exceed, the doses once shown to reduce the activity of the thyroid.
Whereas doses of 2 to 5 mg/day of fluoride were shown effective at depressing thyroid function, adults in fluoridated communities in the U.S. are now regularly receiving between 1.6 and 6.6 mg/day according to a 1991 report from the Department of Health and Human Services.
While it may be that the thyroid in a patient with hyperthyroidism is particularly susceptible to the anti-thyroid actions of fluoride, there is concern that current fluoride exposures may be playing a role in the widespread incidence of HYPO-thyroidism (under-active thyroid) in the U.S.
Hypothyrodisim, most commonly diagnosed in women over 40, is a serious condition with a diverse range of symptoms including: fatigue, depression, weight gain, hair loss, muscle pains, increased levels of "bad" cholesterol (LDL), and heart disease.. The drug (Synthroid) used to treat hypothyroidism is now one of the top five prescribed drugs in the U.S.
Fluoride & the Thyroid - Overviews:
Health Warning: The Thyroid and Fluoride - Paul Connett, Ph.D., September 2003
History of the fluoride/iodine antagonism - Parents of Fluoride Poisoned Children, 2000-2004
Notable Quotes - Fluoride & the Thyroid:
"The potentiation of the fluorine bleaching of rat incisors (dental fluorosis) by administration of thyroid is strikingly clearcut. This synergism is a striking instance of increased susceptibility to chronic poisoning brought about by an induced pathological state, and gives rise to several interesting questions... Should a spray residue tolerance limit for fluorine be set to protect the normal, the hyperthyroid, or the hypothyroid individual?"
—SOURCE: Wilson RH, DeEds F. (1940). The synergistic action of thyroid on fluoride toxicity. Endocrinology 26:851.
Fluoride & the Thyroid - Studies Available Online:
FULL TEXT - pdf: Bachinskii PP, et al. (1985) Action of the body fluorine of healthy persons and thyroidopathy patients on the function of hypophyseal-thyroid the system. Probl Endokrinol (Mosk) 31(6):25-9.
FULL TEXT - html: Day TK, Powell-Jackson PR. (1972). Fluoride, Water Hardness, and Endemic Goitre. Lancet 1:1135-1138.
FULL TEXT - html: Steyn DG, et al. (1955). Endemic Goitre in the Union of South Africa and Some Neighbouring Territories. Union of South Africa. Department of Nutrition.
FULL TEXT - html: Wilson D. (1941). Fluorine in the aetiology of endemic goitre. Lancet Feb 15: 212-213.
See also:
FULL-TEXT (html): Lin Fa-Fu; et al (1991). The relationship of a low-iodine and high-fluoride environment to subclinical cretinism in Xinjiang. Iodine Deficiency Disorder Newsletter Vol. 7. No. 3. (August). |
