Have you been drinking the tap water in Queensland?

Friday, May 15, 2009

Quick blog post today in response to a news item I just read:

If you live in Queensland you might have heard about the over-fluoridation of the tap water there. Here's a link to the ABC story: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/15/2571031.htm

and here's a link to the Queensland Health service report http://www.health.qld.gov.au/fluoride/incident.asp

Fluoridation of the water in that state is a new move, and somehow it has been dispensed at 20 times the acceptable rate, in one instance. Its enough to make you rush out to buy a water filter, if you haven't already.

How does this affect you? Fluoride competes with iodine for absorption, so if you drink unfiltered water and you're concerned about the effect excessive fluoride could be having on your metabolic rate, you may want to get your iodine status tested. This can be done through a simple urine test which your naturopath can organise (or if you're in the area call me at the clinic here 02 6672 6255).

I've written about the interaction between fluoride and iodine in an earlier blog post, here http://www.olwenanderson.com.au/BlogRetrieve.aspx?PostID=33560&A=SearchResult&SearchID=622752&ObjectID=33560&ObjectType=55

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