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High levels of uranium in German drinking water

Health ministry want to set maximum levels now

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Jozi
Full story here: Germany wants limits for uranium levels in drinking water

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'Consumer protection group Foodwatch recently reported that the water supplies in several German regions contained high levels of uranium, which is naturally radioactive and is used for both nuclear power and weapons ... Foodwatch said the southern German states of Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg had the highest readings of uranium, which can cause cancer in higher concentrations'.

The Foodwatch article is here: Uran im Leitungswasser - gefährlich für Säuglinge
William
OFFS!! another dire warning from the "life is fatal" brigade; unless their plan is to scrub clean the sacred environment they should just get on with life.
Pirulero
Right...so the water in Bayern has 3.9 times the recommended levels...and has done for thousands of years...NEXT!
adrianlondon
Oh!!! Three months ago I moved to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. Normally I try to drink just coffee and beer but a few days ago I had the misfortune of being really thirsty with no beer in the fridge and I couldn't wait for the perculator, so I ended up having a glass of tap water.

What happens now? Will I start to glow? I got a strange phone call last night and thought nothing of it, but now I'm pretty sure they had an Iranian accent.
mlovett
So why isn't there any flouride in the water? There is in the USA, and I must say our teeth are on the whole much nicer than they are in Europe. biggrin.gif I read that the Nazis used fluoride to dumb down the workers... and that's why it's verboten here. Wonder how much truth there is to that? Meanwhile, I am encouraging my 3 year old to swallow his toothpaste... how else am I supposed to get it in his system?
timezoner
why don't you google and find out?

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"First of all, it needs to be stated that the 'substance' referred to as 'Fluoride' is a misnomer - there is no such substance listed in the periodic chart of the elements, nor in the prestigious CRC handbook, nor in the sacred 'bible' of the pharmaceutical industry - the illustrious 'Merck Index'. Instead, we find a GAS called Fluorine - and from the use of this gas in various industries such as aluminum manufacturing and the nuclear industry -certain toxic byproducts are created which have 'captured' fluorine molecules. One such toxic, poisonous 'byproduct' is called sodium Fluoride - which according to the Merck Index is primarily used as rat and cockroach poison and is also the active ingredient in most toothpastes and as an "additive to drinking water". But sadly, there is much more to this sordid tale."

http://www.greaterthings.com/Lexicon/F/Fluoride.htm
http://www.lovethetruth.com/truth_about_fluoride.htm
http://www.advancedhealthplan.com/fluoride.html
http://art-bin.com/art/sallstrom_en.html

loads of stuff out there.
spatown
German mums used to (may still, I don't know) give their children a fluoride tablet every day to strengthen their teeth.
timezoner
http://www.greaterthings.com/Lexicon/F/Fluoride.htm

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Independent scientific evidence over the past 50 plus years has shown that sodium fluoride shortens our life span, promotes various cancers and mental disturbances, and most importantly, makes humans stupid, docile´,and subservient, all in one neat little package.

Take it with a pinch of salt people, it’s only a game.
William
The Ten Commandments –
As told by the “Shit Yourself Because You Are Alive� brigade.

1. Thou Shalt Not Breathe – between germs, industrial pollution, cow farts and God alone knows what else it’s just not good for you.
2. Thou Shalt Not Drink Water – between the miniscule amounts of radioactivity, animal piss and deadly shite washed out of the atmosphere it’s just not good for you.
3. Thou Shalt Avoid The Land – People and animals walk across it, piss on it, shit on it, it’s full of bugs (just ask David Attenborough) so coming into contact with it is just not good for you.
4. Thou Shalt Not Eat – If it’s vegetable it has grown in the soil (see 3) been watered by rain (see 1 and 2) so it’s well dodgy. If its animal the damn thing is probably insane so best avoided.
5. Thou Shalt Not Drink Beer – It’s made with water (see 2), hops, barley or malt which grow in soil (see 3). (Note - they can fuck right off on this one).
6. Thou Shalt Not Use A Handy – They’re frying your brains as you speak and if you can’t think you can’t be scared which, it seem, is the point of living.
7. Thou Shalt Not Be Overweight – Burying people in over-sized coffins is the number 1,268,975th cause of unnecessary landfill.
8. Thou Shalt Not Workout – Trying to get into shape is the number 2,684,952nd cause of strokes, heart attacks, broken bones, dislocated joints and “I’ve done it, why can’t you� smugness on the planet.
9. Thou Shalt Not Have Sex – It’s sticky, nasty and potentially fatal.
10. Thou Shalt Not Be Buried – If you’ve made it this far in life you are a walking, breathing accumulation of more containments than we’ve ever discovered and burial would increase the already gob smackingly enormous threat from soil (see 3).

In fact, let’s face it, if you care about life – you should not have been born!

(Yes, it is a slow day here laugh.gif )
luvcheetos
QUOTE (mlovett @ Aug 6 2008, 9:43 am) *
So why isn't there any flouride in the water? There is in the USA, and I must say our teeth are on the whole much nicer than they are in Europe. I read that the Nazis used fluoride to dumb down the workers... and that's why it's verboten here. Wonder how much truth there is to that? Meanwhile, I am encouraging my 3 year old to swallow his toothpaste... how else am I supposed to get it in his system?

I think it has something to do with the "freedom" not to have it. Anyway, our dentist prescribed it for my children (our dentist is here is actually American, but I assume a German dentist would do it as well). Also, it is in the salt, but I didn't think adding extra salt to a child's diet was particularly healthy. I believe vitamin D is also not added to milk like it is in the US. I delay putting on sunscreen for about 10-15 minutes to get extra vitamin D.
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