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Fluoride and Life Decay Fluoridation is claimed necessary because fluoridated water is associated with about 20% less tooth decay in children – as measured by the number of decayed, missing, and filled teeth (i.e., present and past decay). Swallowing fluoride affects the entire body, so then what is fluoridated water's association with disease and death, with Decayed and Missing Years? Decayed Years Fluoridation and Disease 8) CDC. Deaths: Final Data for 2013. Table 19. 9) CDC. Fluoridation Statistics. 2000–2016. 2012. 2018: Death rates from Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease (the 4th leading cause of death) averaged 9.6% higher in the 10 most fluoridated states compared to the 10 least fluoridated (in 2016). 2017: Death rates from Dementia averaged 9% higher in the 21 states over 80% fluoridated (in 2016) vs. the 29 states less than 80% fluoridated. Missing Years Fluoridation and Life Expectancy 9) CDC. Fluoridation Statistics. 2000-2014. 2010. 11) Measure of America. Life Expectancy at Birth. 2010. Page 45. Older Adults with Hypothyroidism Face Elevated Risk of Death "Our analysis found individuals with hypothyroidism aged 60 years or older were 26 percent more likely to die from all causes than individuals in the same age range who did not have the thyroid condition." [Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, December 12, 2019] Data from nearly 8,000 medical practices in England showed that hypothyroidism was positively associated with fluoride levels in patients' drinking water. Those in a fluoridated area had twice the hypothyroidism prevalence of a nonfluoridated area. [BMJ 2015] In 2018, Canadian studies found that urinary fluoride levels were almost two times higher for pregnant women living in fluoridated regions compared with nonfluoridated regions. Also, adults who have higher urinary fluoride levels and iodine deficiencies are at increased risk for underactive thyroid gland activity. [Till et al.; Malin et al.] Fluoride accelerates arterial stiffness, which is significantly higher in patients with subclinical hypothyroidism. [Yurtdas et al. 2013] Earlier Death Linked to Lymphopenia Lymphopenia is a condition characterized by low levels of white blood cells called lymphocytes. Fluoride is linked to lymphopenia. Decayed Years are Filled with Prescriptions for Pain Killers "Fluoride is readily incorporated into the crystalline structure of bone, and will accumulate over time... and causes changes in the bone that lead to joint stiffness and pain." – National Academy of Sciences (2006) Studies show the association between Fluoride Intake, Chronic Pain and Arthritic Disease In 2003, adult arthritis rates averaged 17% higher in the states whose public water supplies were more than 80% fluoridated, compared to the states fluoridated below 80% (in 2002). "In 2003, the costs attributable to arthritis are approximately 1 percent of the gross domestic product of the United States, which is equivalent to a low-grade, chronic recession," said Louise Murphy, PhD, at the CDC. [UCSF 2007] In 2018, America's GDP was more than 20 trillion dollars, so costs attributable to arthritis were over $200 billion. In 2015, the opioid crisis was estimated to cost half a TRILLION dollars. The prescribing rate for opioid pain relievers averaged 9% higher in the 20 states fluoridated more than 80% compared to the 30 states fluoridated less than 80% in 2012. In 2015, arthritis prevalence for adults was 5.6% higher in the states fluoridated over 80%. * * * * * * * Fluoridated water's multiple correlations with life decay make a far more compelling case to stop fluoridation, than its single correlation with tooth decay did to start fluoridation in 1945 – based on dental survey data from the 1930s that has since been debunked. Letting the dental establishment dominate fluoride research is especially irrational now, because increasing evidence shows that fluoride is linked to neurodegeneration via several well-established cellular pathoways. If the stopping of water fluoridation resulted in only a 10-percent reduction in the number of decayed and missing years, it would greatly benefit millions of Americans and save $100 billion per year. For decades, mental retardation rates have averaged significantly higher in states with the most fluoridated water. Cancers of the mouth and colon are positively associated with optimally fluoridated drinking water. "Fluoride and Mental Decay: Causation and Correlation" Published in the October 2019 Townsend Letter