How and why sodium fluoride ever found its way into toothpaste is a mystery. Perhaps some mistaken bureaucrat thought it had the same beneficial effect as calcium fluoride and required its addition to drinking water. Municipalities are slowly coming to question the addition of fluoride in our water supplies. In many municipalities where fluoride is not added to our drinking water, the topic is regularly debated and people are routinely asked to vote on the issue. Despite these considerations, many people give scant attention to our water.
Society expects 'clean' water to be consistently available out of our taps.
Our water, 'chemicalized' with chlorine and fluoride, is accepted without a second thought as being best for us. Even our physicians will often recommend 8 glasses of water per day. Our water is thought of as safe and clean to drink. Yet, the health and vitality of our water involves even more than removing the physical contaminants. Water itself is an information carrier and this information directly affects our health.