Readers Respond: Do You Think Fluoride Should be Added to Public Drinking Water?

Do you think fluoride should be added to public drinking water?

In areas where fluoride does not occur naturally, calibrated amounts of fluoride is added to the public drinking water. Research has shown that adding fluoride to public drinking water may reduce the rate of tooth decay by 50%. While most dental organizations support and advocate the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, there are opponents that feel fluoride should not be added public drinking water.

What are your thoughts? Do you support the addition of fluoride to public drinking water? Share your opinion on fluoride here.

graham

Let us all come together, and protest as loudly as possible about this disgraceful poisoning of our water, and of course our bodies. fluoride is a rat poison, and should never be let loose on the public. We have all got to make a stand, and really do something about this. It's a disgrace to think that they can continue to treat us this way. Come on everyone, let's do whatever it takes to stop this.

—Guest G S

Reason why

Fluoride is a poisenous waste and will harm your body as documentet in the linked video. http://www.wearechange.org/?p=5927

—Guest EEN

Fluoride only topically

Since the 1980s, scientific evidence has been firm that most of the desired benefit of fluoride is topical (application on teeth) and not systemic (ingestion, say via water). http://www.fluoridealert.org/health/teeth/caries/topical-systemic.html Accordingly, the alleged rationale for fluoridation of water is no longer. So "No" is the answer based on science. Add to that the risks and harms (not just dental fluorosis) of systemic consumption, "No!"

—Guest Newton dentist

All wrong

There is absolutely no reason to opse it since, fact, it helps with tooth decay and there are no proven problems with it at all. It takes a wierdo to thnk it lowers you IQ

—Guest sam

Shud be personal decison

I write from Kenya. I am a victim of fluorosis. I am now battling to keep my teeth because of excess fluoride in the water over the years. Treating bad teeth is a fortune. By the way I need a sponsor to get my teeth to presentable shape.

—Guest maureen

WATER FLUORIDATION SHOULD BE IMPLEMENTED

I was born and raised in one of the rural area here in the Philippines, where in going to a dentist means your going to have tooth extraction. I have noticed that still even at this computer age, are still ignorant about oral hygiene. If the Government would implement water fluoridation at least it could lessen the dental caries problem of the society. Dental caries had been one of the problems of the Filipino people. Maybe one reason is poverty, lack of information, and lack of professional provider. With these following reasons at least if the water is with fluoride, even the poorest population could benefit fom this.

—Guest ANA LIZA

Fluoride a byproduct of aluminum

Fluoride has known to affect the flora in the stomach, the thyroid and has been implicated in advancing dementia. We are concerned for children and tooth decay but the influence to the aging from fluoride and the stagnation and sequestering in the brain never made any sense. I've seen to many kids drinking from a fluoride source suffer from acne cause by the loss of flora in the stomach. We should be optimistic with the reduction for fluoride plan on the removal any aluminum related treatment of water.

—GuestMichaelC

Add it if...

In Reno, Nevada, fluoride isn't added to the water. We drink water from snow melt which has no minerals, etc. All pediatricians prescribe fluoride tablets...so now I wonder if my son is taking too much in tablet form. The CDC is addressing the addition of fluoride to drinking water but do they address supplements? I agree that a minimal, safe amount should be added to water and toothpaste to minimally cover all people, thus protecting all socio-economic levels.

—Guest Laura

flouride makes you stupid

Do you really think that the government gives a flying crap about your teeth? Fluoride is a complete poison(more than lead) and it was used it effects the brain in horrible ways, flouride actually has been proven to lower IQ, so it pretty much makes you stupid.

—Guest hello12345676543

So who goes to jail?

Someone should go to jail for this. Who? You want "nice teeth" or whatever the Rothschild family feeds you thru their media channels (associated press & Reuters), u believe. so follow the money trail. Follow the political donation trails. Where are all the Dick Tracy's?

—Guest DecadesOfComplacency

NO NO NO

I do believe it is illegal to mass medicate!! If the government are so concerned about our teeth why don't we have more of our money put into the public dental system..It's all a big lie and we sit by and let them do it...Why are we so apathetic..If they were so concerned for our health they would encourage us to grow our own vegetables. No they are poisoning us slowly but surely. We should all be writing letters to our local members and complaining loudly about this abuse of our water ways

—Guest Scary Me

Jim

13 errr.... 14 (including me) to one against it so far. Maybe Miss Pate likes eating unnatural food. So get a water fluoride adder and leave the rest of us alone!

—Guest jim sherman

Fluoride problem

putting fluoride in our water supply is not about saving our children's teeth its about disposing of a very poisonous substance. cities throughout Australia are adding thousands of tonnes of fluoride daily to our water supply 99.9 percent is going down the sewer or on the garden. We are very lucky that we have companies that produce so much toxic waste product and that we are able to help them by allowing them to spread the toxic waste thinly across the country side because it is to toxic to dump any other way. what a great idea using the city water system to dispose of it, the only trouble is the population has to drink the water, well that's ok just tell them its good for their health, in this case their teeth. Well they are getting rid of it never mind the fact it will effect our health !!!

—Guest waldo

No, with a very polite thank you!

I would like to be able to say that, but I can't, because the city I live in voted to have MORE added to our tap water. Instead I will have to buy my drinking water which I can barely afford for my family and the small children I watch, I would much rather have it in toothpaste that I can spit out.

—Guest liz

Absolutely not

Fluoride in the water is ridiculous, absurd, negligent, and borderline criminal. Since when is mass medication of an involuntary population with no dosage regulation, follow-ups, monitoring of condition, pre-screening, and concern for sensitivity or allergies considered to be "good practice." This doesn't even get into the real risks and toxic effects that this poison has on ALL living beings, including animals, livestock, plants, and crops. NO NO NO

—Guest Daniel