The Cost of Record Heat Hits More Than Just Your Wallet

Record Heat Waves Are Creating a Healthcare Epidemic

South Jordan, Utah - As heat waves continue to grip the nation, people are advised to drink extra water and avoid dehydration. This advice comes with a hefty healthcare price, especially if you have autoimmune diseases like MS, Fibromyalgia or diabetes. Tap water contains chemical additives that are harmful to the autoimmune population. With one out of twenty women in the U.S. having an autoimmune disease, heat waves create a healthcare epidemic.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has advised anyone with a compromised immune system to consult their physician before drinking tap water. Healthy Divas, an organization dedicated to educating people about autoimmune diseases, has taken this warning one step further by advising individuals with autoimmune disease to avoid tap water altogether.

According to Heidi Whitaker, co-founder of Healthy Divas, “Our clients complain of increasing autoimmune symptoms, as temperatures rise. These include heart palpitations, numbness, relentless fatigue, and pain. The first thing we ask is if they have increased their consumption of fluoridated tap water, as these symptoms are often indicative of fluoride toxicity.”

Healthy Divas is not alone in their findings. Dr. George L. Waldbott, using double-blind tests, was able to determine that fluoridated water causes muscular weakness, chronic fatigue, headaches, skin rashes, joint pain, and tingling in the extremities.

According to the Clinical Toxicology of Commercial Products handbook, “fluoride is more poisonous than lead and just slightly less poisonous than arsenic.” The Physicians Desk Reference reads, "In hypersensitive individuals, fluorides occasionally cause skin eruptions such as atopic dermatitis, eczema, or urticaria. Gastric distress, headache, and weakness have also been reported."