How to Get Fluoride Free Bottled Water
Debate continues about the addition of fluoride to drinking water in recent years. While the addition of fluoride was once perceived as a public health achievement in protecting people against dental decay, now a number of adverse health effects appear to be linked to the ingestion of fluoride, according to Dr. Ted Schettler, a science director of the Science and Environmental Health Network. If you are concerned about the presence of fluoride in your water, there are ways to ensure you get fluoride-free bottled water.
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Things You'll Need
- Computer
- Internet connection
- Fluoride free bottled water
- Manufacturer phone number
- Phone
Instructions
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Log onto your computer and establish an Internet connection. Go to the Natural Resources Defense Council website.
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Scroll through the list of brands of bottled water and look carefully at the chart. Under the ''Contaminant and Level Found'' section look under ''Other.'' You should find the level of fluoride found in parts per million (ppm).
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Call the the water manufacturer's phone number if you wish to verify such information or if the fluoride content is not available for a particular brand. Such information should be readily available to the customer service representatives answering the phone.
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Some specific brands of water are not available in stores. Shop for the fluoride-free or reduced-fluoride bottled water. Some of these brands are available in stores, while you must purchase others online.
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Tips & Warnings
Fluoride contents in bottled water can vary greatly from one brand to another.
Fluoride Alert recommends bottled water with less than 0.1 ppm fluoride.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not require bottlers to list the fluoride content in their water.
Installing a reverse osmosis filter is another way to remove fluoride from water.
It is difficult to find completely fluoride free bottled water.
Avoid Trinity Springs spring water. This brand of water, based in Idaho, has high levels of naturally occurring fluoride (about 4 ppm) in its water.
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