Learn why scientists suggest that the government should add psych meds to public drinking water. Check out the article we found over at Natural News.
(NaturalNews) With a study currently underway in Scotland to assess whether lithium in drinking water is linked with lower suicide rates, we may soon see a renewed push to add yet another bioactive substance to public water supplies.
In 2009, researchers from Oita University in Japan released the results of a study finding that regions of the country with higher naturally occurring levels of lithium in the water had lower levels of suicide than regions with less lithium. This led to a flurry of calls for lithium to be added to public water, much as fluoride is by many municipalities.
Lithium is a naturally occurring chemical element that, at high doses, is used for the treatment of bipolar disorder and severe depression. Side effects of lithium use at these doses include hypothyroidism, weight gain and kidney failure.Jury still out on lithium’s health effects
In 1990, a study found that, among 27 Texas counties, those with the highest levels of lithium in
the water had suicide rates as much as 40 percent lower than counties with the lowest levels. Higher rates of lithium were also associated with lower levels of homicide and rape. In 2009, this research was replicated by the Oita team, which compared 18 Japanese municipalities and found similar suicide findings. The Japanese study has been replicated several times since then, with mostly similar findings but a few studies finding no correlation.
Now, a Scottish research team is conducting their own version of the Japanese study, attempting to correct for some of the methodological flaws of earlier research.
“We want to improve the methodology by looking at smaller postcode areas,” lead research Daniel Smith said.
Results are expected in 2016.
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Melissa Keyes
Apr 08. 2015
Well, they already poison us with floride….