Is the presence of fluoride compounds in your drinking water safe for you?

Recently there has been a lot of discussion and debate on the presence of Fluoride in drinking water. This controversy is here to stay as those people who are sceptic about the presence of fluoride compounds in drinking water seem to have a lot of information at their disposal and they also refer to research to back their contestations.

You must have heard that there are various benefits of fluoride compounds. Yes, it is true that small amounts of fluoride indeed prevents tooth decay and is thus good for your dental health. Going by this logic it must seem to you that presence of Fluoride in your drinking water is also beneficial for you. Indeed some municipalities across the world do add fluoride to drinking water. According to government standards, 1 ppm (parts per million) of fluoride is tolerable for our body. However these standards do not take into consideration the fact that we are exposed to fluoride through our mouthwash, toothpaste as well as various food items and beverages which we consume. In fact if you combine all of these you will find that at the end of the day we are easily consuming 2 to 3 ppm of this potentially harmful chemical.

Although calcium fluoride is not that harmful for us, there are other compounds of the chemical such as Silcofluoride and Sodium fluoride which can be quite harmful to us. Such harmful chemicals are removed from drinking water in fluoride removal plants with hand pumps. In Odisha there are many such fluoride removal plants with hand pumps which have been installed by Doctor Water which is a leading manufacturer and supplier of water treatment plants. Such fluoride removal plants with hand pumps in Odisha are doing a great service to the people of the state by providing safe drinking water.