Re: Article - Urgent!: Himalayan salt contains high levels of fluoride

[Guest guest]

This is shocking. The article is mostly talking about Europe and the

near East. Are we in the U.S. being force fed flouride too? I have a

well so there is no chlorine or flourine in my water but what about

our salt?

What about Celtic salt? I didn't see anything about that.

Thanks,

Jill

[Guest guest]

I'm not throwing out my salt until it is determined that the source of

this information is truly reliable. Anyone?

Ballady

>

> This is shocking. The article is mostly talking about Europe and the

> near East. Are we in the U.S. being force fed flouride too? I have a

> well so there is no chlorine or flourine in my water but what about

> our salt?

>

> What about Celtic salt? I didn't see anything about that.

>

> Thanks,

> Jill

>

[Guest guest]

I am also adopting a wait and see attitude here. If the company marketing the

salt can be trusted, and the stuff truly does come from one of those " ancient

sea bed " sources, then the flouride would most likely be *Calcium* flouride, not

sodium.

The whole " flouride prevents cavities " circus started with studies from Deaf

County in TX, decades ago. Seems the population there had a much lower

incidence of dental caries than almost anywhere else. The cause was traced to

the naturally occurring *calcium* flouride in the water there.

Of course the sodium flouride industry (sodium flouride is derived from the

tailings of the aluminum industry---it was deemed very unsafe to dispose of

these anywhere on the earth, so they decided to put them in the human body via

water, toothpaste and associated products!) used the Deaf County studies

to promote the poisonous form of flouride. They conveniently neglected to

mention the difference between calcium flouride and poisonous sodium flouride.

Nowhere in this article do I find the actual study report, or who performed the

tests. The other thing this article erroneously does is lump iodine in with

flouride as a poison.

Something fishy here?

I hope someone, somewhere, knowledgeable can check the claims of this article,

and perform an accurate analysis and settle the matter.

Starshar

> I'm not throwing out my salt until it is determined that the source of

> this information is truly reliable. Anyone?

>

> Ballady

>

>

>>

>> This is shocking. The article is mostly talking about Europe and the

>> near East. Are we in the U.S. being force fed flouride too? I have a

>> well so there is no chlorine or flourine in my water but what about

>> our salt?

>>

>> What about Celtic salt? I didn't see anything about that.

>>

>> Thanks,

>> Jill

[Guest guest]

Hi Dana,

Do we know that RealSalt doesn't also contain high levels of fluoride?

Thanks,

Avril

In , " Dana Black "

<danablack@...> wrote:

>

> This article is from the PFPC -- Fluoride Education Project web

site.

>

> http://bruha.com/pfpc/index.html

>

> I'm tossing all my Himalayan and will be using only RealSalt. . .

>

> Dana

>

>

>

> " Himalaya Salt " [contains high levels of fluoride]

>

> C2003 PFPC

>

> http://bruha.com/pfpc/html/himalaya.html

>

>

>

> Over the last few years a new scam has emerged in Europe which is

rapidly

> spreading across the world. It involves ordinary rock salt from

the " salt

> range " in Pakistan being marketed as luxurious and

healing " Himalaya Salt " .

> It is also sold as " Himalayan Crystal Salt " , " Hunza-Kristallsalz "

or natural

> " Kristallsalz " , " VitaSal " , " AromaLife " , etc.. The scam is currently

being

> introduced in India and the United States. It will result in very

high

> overall fluoride intake in anyone who follows the various " therapy

> recommendations " .

>

>

>

> What happened?

>

> During the late 1990s recordings started to appear in Germany,

featuring a

> monologue by a self-proclaimed " biophysicist " named Ferreira.

The

> monologue centered around the " marvelous healing energies "

of " Himalaya

> Salt " (Himalaya Salz) and " living waters " (Lebendiges Wasser) ->

mineral or

> springwaters ( " Quellwasser " ). This special salt was allegedly

coming from

> the high mountain regions of the Himalayas, " untouched by human

> contamination " , containing " 84 elements essential to human health " .

>

>

>

> The tape was copied and passed on by thousands. The salt was sold

at a price

> much higher than ordinary salt, up to 200 times as much. It was

common to

> see it being sold for 24 Euros per kilogram.

>

>

>

> Lectures were organized and a video called " Water & Salt " ( " Wasser

& Salz " )

> was shown to packed houses (Zeit & Geist, 2002). A book with the

title

> " Water & Salt - Essence of Life " by Ferreira and Dr. med.

Barbara

> Hendel became a runaway bestseller in 2002 - simply by word of

mouth, even

> spawning a glossy magazine with the same title. [The book is

currently being

> translated into English and slated for release in the US.]

>

>

>

> Within months " Himalaya Salt " became all the rage in Switzerland,

Austria

> and Germany, quickly spreading to Denmark, Holland and other

European

> countries.The European alternative health industry was quick to

jump on the

> bandwagon and an article on " Himalaya Salt " praising its superior

qualities

> to conventional salt became the most-read article on the German

site of

> " Alternative Health " ( " Alternative Gesundheit).

>

>

>

> " Himalaya Salt " sales are consistently in the Top 10

of " alternative health

> products " . Originally marketed on the Internet, there are now

countless

> varieties of products containing " Himalaya Salt " available,

including herbal

> salts, bath salts, facial masks, cosmetic lines, as well as salt

lamps and

> tealights. Many international websites can now be found praising

and selling

> this " Elixir of Live " , " Fountain of Youth " , or " salt of life " .

>

>

>

> The salt comes as fine salt to be used for cooking, or as salt

crystals or

> blocks of salt, to be used for daily " sole " drinks and baths, oral

rinses,

> eye baths, and inhalation therapy. In addition, the salt is marketed

> extensively for other uses, and there are now tealights or " salt

lamps "

> (used as natural " ionizers " ), a complete cosmetic line including

soaps,

> facial sprays, body lotions, " peeling " lotions, hand creams, steam

bath

> aids, sauna aids, bath salts with rose petals, and shower gels.

>

>

>

> Fluoride & Iodine

>

> Ironically, " Water & Salt " proclaimed that iodine and fluoride

are " highly

> toxic " and should never be added to cooking salt (August 4, 2002).

This

> statement immediately seemed odd to a sceptic, as both " toxins " ,

fluoride

> and iodine, were also listed among the salt's " 84 natural elements

essential

> for the body " .

>

>

>

> The fluoride/iodine issue nevertheless became a cornerstone in the

> promotional campaign. Valuable books on the un-wanted effects of

fluoride

> (Ziegelbecker) and iodine supplementation (Braunschweig-i) were

found in

> the on-line bookstore of " Wasser & Salz " . However, W & S failed to

inform the

> public that this very same " Himalaya Salt " may easily possess more

fluoride

> than conventional, artificially fluoridated salt. Numerous analyses

which

> had been posted on the web by AromaLife AG itself (Switzerland's

biggest

> distributor of " Himalaya Salt " ) - to show that it complied with

CODEX

> regulations - showed this clearly.

>

>

>

> Fluoride in Mineral Water

>

> In addition, the " Water & Salt " people also started to recommend

mineral

> waters which qualified as " living waters " , and handed out " Seals of

> Quality " . One such water, Artesia received this recommendation,

although

> containing 1.02 ppm of fluoride - a fact which is aggressively

marketed by

> the company which firmly believes in the proclaimed " fluoride

benefits " .

>

>

>

> Origin of " Himalaya Salt "

>

> It is claimed that the " magic salt " is coming from the Karakorum

(Ferreira,

> 2002). However, as pointed out by the group TourismWatch (No.28 and

No.30)

> there is no salt mine to be found anywhere in this Himalayan

region. Most of

> the salt was coming from the second largest salt mine in the world,

in

> Pakistan. After the boom began, it was found that even ordinary

road salt

> was being sold as " Himalaya Salt " by ruthless opportunists.

>

>

>

> Public Health Response

>

> The responses by the Public Health Departments in Switzerland and

Germany

> have been on the verge of the comical. The Swiss " Fluor-und

Jodkommission "

> warned the public against the scam and issued statements of concern

about

> the influx of imported specialty salts such as " Himalaya Salt " . In

2001, the

> SEV warned that under no circumstances could this salt " without

fluoride and

> iodine " ever substitute for the Swiss salt. At no point did it

apparently

> occur to the health agencies to conduct their own analyses on the

product!

>

>

>

> Applications:

>

>

>

> Cooking/Baking

>

> Not only is " Himalaya Salt " marketed as the best alternative to

> conventional cooking salt - and to be used in all cooking and

baking as well

> as table use - it is also to be sprinkled onto already prepared

foods. New

> varieties of herbal salts are also now available. Every morning a

teaspoon -

> sometimes more - of a 26% " sole " solution is added to a glass of

mineral

> water and routinely drunk by millions.

>

>

>

> Topical Applications

>

>

>

> Salt - Baths

>

> As one of the " best applications " people are advised to bath with

this salt

> once a week, or with " moon baths " during new and full moons. 1 to

1.5 kg is

> added to 80 - 100 liters of water. Temperature is to be between 35

and 37

> degrees celsius for a length of a minumum of 15 to 20 minutes (up

to 2 - 3

> hours!). At 1 kg in 100 liters, and at a fluoride content of 300

ppm, this

> is the same as bathing in water fluoridated at 3 ppm. Not much

different

> than the fluoridated baths which were used with great success by

Gorlitzer

> von Mundy in the treatment of iodine-induced hyperthyroidism (Jod

Basedow)

> for over 30 years! In addition, people are advised to bath their

feet in a

> 10% salt/water solution, which results bathing the feet in water

with a

> fluoride content of 30 ppm.

>

>

>

> Personal Care Products

>

> Daily topical fluoride intake is assured by use of the cosmetic

line which

> includes soaps, facial sprays, body lotions, hand creams, shampoos,

steam

> bath aids, sauna aids, bath salts with rose petals, and shower

gels.

> Complete cosmetic lines are now offered by Aromalife, as well

as " Wasser und

> Salz " .

>

>

>

> Inhalation

>

> People with asthma and like-conditions are advised by " health

trainers " to

> add a little " Himalaya Salt " (10%!) to hot water and to inhale this

> concoction for 10 to 15 minutes with a covered head, three times a

day.

>

>

>

> Oral Health

>

> People are advised to use this salt for toothbrushing. One will

get " white

> teeth " and the " dental enamel gets dissolved " , it is claimed...! Of

course

> it is also advised to rinse the mouth with the same sole which is

drunk in

> the morning.

>

>

>

> One is reminded of the incredible feat by Mr. " Dead Doctors Don't

Lie " Dr.

> Wallach and associated independent distributors who have managed to

con

> people into believing that the " All Natural Tooth Gel " is a " safe

natural

> alternative to fluoride toothpaste " , although the actual label on

the

> toothpaste specifies sodium fluoride as ingredient!

>

>

>

> Rainer Neuhaus

>

> PFPC Germany

>

[Guest guest]

I think one thing to realize is that natural fluoride which is in the

sea and in all sea salt, including Real Salt, is different from the

crap that they put into the water supply. The stuff they add to the

water is a waste product, a by product from the fertilizer industry.

I read an article on it awhile back. To make, I believe, Phosphate,

they use fluorophosphate. They refine it to take out the fluoride,

and the fluoride collects on scrubbers inside the smoke stacks. They

gather this and add it to the water supply.

If you're not disgusted yet, maybe this will help. Before the

scrubbers were put into place to keep the fluoride from leaving the

smoke stacks and settling on the nearby lands, it was causing

mutation in livestock and stunted growth in both livestock and crops.

That's the way I remember it. I may not have a perfect memory.

I just checked Realsalt.com and the analysis shows 12.6 ppm of

fluoride, which is NOT from the smoke stacks, but a natural fluoride

which should not harm you.

http://www.realsalt.com/images/realsalt_analysis.pdf

There's gold in there too!

That's a lot less than 300 ppm alledged to be in Himalayan Salt. 25

times more.

Kathy