Lithium is a soft silver-white metal which can be found in small quantities in water.  It has been used to treat bipolar disorder and is apparently helpful with schizo affected disorder and major depression.  This came to mind when I read an interesting article in the New York Times asking if we should all take a bit of lithium?  That is, as they always say, the plot of science fiction movies and terrorists when they always say something will be put into the water to control the people.  Because lithium is naturally occurring, it does appear in one’s water in any event and interestingly enough recent studies have shown that areas with low lithium in their water have more behavioural problems.  27 Counties in Texas with low lithium in their water have significantly greater levels of suicide, homicide and rape than areas that had more.  A similar Japanese study of 18 Municipalities confirmed the same thing about 20 years ago, that the more lithium in the water, the lower the suicide rate in the Municipality. Apparently, there are also corroborating studies in Greece and Austria and lithium, while this idea would definitely not be popular with the major pharmaceutical companies, because they would be competing with what is essentially an almost free product, it may just be something that requires more studies because of suicide being the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and no doubt similar figures apply to most countries, it may well be beneficial to put just a little bit more of it in the water to reduce violent acts in some areas!  That, together with a bit of the fluoride that they already put in for your teeth!