Water is for everybody.
Fluoridation isn't!
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As a matter of principle, many people feel that it is improper to medicate a basic commodity such as drinking water. If we are willing to introduce something into the public water supply in order to reduce dental caries, what else might we justify adding to our water? This is a frightening and dangerous precedent to set and an inappropriate use of the public water supply.
-Safe Drinking Water Coalition
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Chlorine treats water to make it safe to drink.
Fluoride treats people.
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A reason why proponents of fluoridation will not debate the issue:
"I don't want fluoridation opponents to have the opportunity to speak publicly because they might sway someone's opinion to be different from mine.
"People who are against fluoride won't change their minds through debate, but people who are for it might when they are presented with information that creates doubt in their minds. I don't want to let you [opponents] create doubt in their minds."
Tony Tidwell, DDS
Fluoridation proponent
Former member, Salt Lake Valley Health Department
August 16, 2000
Recommended Links:
Click on any of the following for more reasons to question and oppose water fluoridation:
DID YOU KNOW...
That the fluoride chemical added to the drinking water systems in Salt Lake and Davis Counties is an UNTESTED INDUSTRIAL WASTE BYPRODUCT called Hydrofluosilicic Acid?
Hydrofluosilicic Acid is taken from the smokestack scrubbers of the phosphate fertilizer industry and contains lead, arsenic and mercury?
In Wasilla, Alaska, "a state official told the city if the chemical was not sold, it could be classified as a hazardous waste by the federal government." The city sold the hazardous waste for as little as 25 cents so it could be referred to as a "product" and not a hazardous waste!! Click here for full article
Would you brush your teeth with a fluoridated toothpaste that contained traces of lead, arsenic and mercury?
Then you should not have to drink fluoridated water that does!
Safe Drinking Water Coalition - Utah
Frequently asked questions and why we oppose fluoridation.
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Ph: 801-766-8825; 801-765-1995
Fax: 801-766-0614; 801-766-1291
Fluoride is NOT an essential nutrient!
Paraphrasing the National Academy of Sciences (NRC 1993):
[Fluoride is NOT an essential nutrient. This means that no human disease - including tooth decay - will result from a "deficiency" of fluoride. Thus, unlike real nutrients like calcium and magnesium, the human body does not need fluoride for any physiological process.]
-National Research Council (1993). "Health Effects of Ingested Fluoride"
National Academy Press, Washington DC., page 30.
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PROFESSIONAL PERSPECTIVES:
In this short video, Dr. Bill Osmunson - a general and cosmetic dentist - explains why he is now concerned about fluoride and water fluoridation.
For more information, see http://FluorideAlert.org/
