Right. And should we put that stuff into our bodies is the question.

My answer is that if you open a packet of fluoride drops the instructions that accompany the drops include a list of settlements that do (or do not – I can’t recall) have fluoridated water. This is the simplest way to find out the state of water in your particular town or village.

There exists overwhelming evidence that the fluoridization of our water supply is a bad thing both medically and ethically. This information can be found throughout the internet with only a very few sites recommending it.

I would like to encourage anyone who wants their water free from fluoride to set up campaigns and organise pages on social networking sites such as facebook.

Rayne, the discussion here is how to get the fluoride out, not in our water.

So this confirms the fluoridation question because some online sources say that Israel stopped fluoridating in 2006, although Wikipedia says that the country still does. I have found no other Middle East North African country that fluoridates. Although I did read about a pilot project in Alexandria. The question to fluoridate or not appears to be one mainly in English speaking western countries. While Europeans are against on the grounds of mass-medicating the population, countries like Canada do – where 67% of the population gets fluoridated water. We need more science and opinions here, I think. Some sources I have read that sum-up peer-reviewed medical journal research say that there is no real danger of fluoridation. Yet other people, fearmongers, or experts I cannot say –– present a real and present danger, especially to babies and the elderly.

“In accordance with directives for the health of the nation, water suppliers are required to fluorinate drinking water. We are required to add fluoride to a concentration of 1 miligram per liter. In practice this year Mekorot added 0.8 miligram per liter”. If you require more details you may contact….”

This reply to my query was supplied by the responsible engineer at the Israel Ministry of Health

Alon, can you translate the statement please for our global readers?

August 2011

בהתאם לתקנות בריאות העם חובה על ספקי המים להפליר את מי השתייה.
הנחיתנו היא להוסיף פלואוריד כך שריכוזו במים יהיה 1 מיליגרם בליטר.
בפועל בשנה האחרונה מופלרים המים באיזור ירושלים, ע”י חברת מקורות, לריכוז של כ-0.8 מיליגרם בליטר פלואוריד.
אם תרצה פרטים מדויקים יותר תוכל לפנות למר…

מהנדס ראשי ארצי, מח’ בריאות הסביבה

I also did some reading and none of the filters will remove floride from the water. It can be removed effectively by reverese osmosis or neutralized using Calcium acetate (a little tricky). Reluctantly I resort to mineral water (a brand that doesnt have floride)

Yes you can.

I had a whiff of menace when speaking to municipal authorities on the issue. Not menace to myself – to municipal authorities opposing fluoridation. One I spoke with only agreed to disclose that they don’t fluoridate their water on condition that I didn’t reveal who they are.

Following a 2007 government committee’s recommendation to stop fluoridating Israel’s water, The Ministry of Health refused to do so. In a Knesset debate that took place in May of this year, Deputy Health Minister Yaacov Litzman said openly that he is working to ensure that all of Israel’s water is fluoridated.