Pro Side (Helpful)"I was amazed to find out that we didn’t already have fluoride in the water. I’m completely in support of adding it." "Preventive dentistry for children helps promote a cavity-free smile by evaluating oral growth and development, providing oral health education, offering teeth cleanings, sealant and fluoride treatments and much more!" "Fluoridation of the water is an example of human enhancement. Tooth decay is a part of the human condition but we now have the ability to prevent it through a safe, cheap, easy intervention – adding fluoride to the water. Many parts of the civilized world have been employing this strategy for decades with dramatic success. England is now debating whether to fully embrace this simple enhancement technology." * “The economic importance of fluoridation is underscored by the fact that frequently the cost of treating dental disease is paid not only by the affected individual, but also by the general public through services provided by health departments, community health clinics, health insurance premiums, the military and other publicly supported medical programs.” * "Children with the greatest dental need benefit the most from water fluoridation ... The U.S. Task Force strongly recommended that community water fluoridation be included as part of a comprehensive population-based strategy to prevent or control tooth decay in communities" * “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named fluoridation of drinking water one of ten great public health achievements of the 20th century noting that it is a major factor responsible for the decline in dental decay.” * " Q. What happens if water fluoridation is discontinued. * " Q. Do adults benefit from fluoridation? * "Water fluoridation contributes much more to overall health than simply reducing dental decay: It prevents needles infection. pain, suffering and loss of teeth; improves the quality of life and saves vast sums of money in dental treatment costs" * " After 60 years of research and practical experience, the preponderance of scientific evidence indicates that fluoridation of community water is safe and effective" * " Q. Can the consistent use of bottled water result in individuals the benefits of optimally fluoridated water? "Many consider it to be one of the greatest public health achievements of our time: fluoridated water. Fluoride, a group of natural compounds found in water or added to it at water treatment plants, helps prevent cavities and the eventual decay and loss of teeth. It does this by helping to protect and even rebuild the enamel, or hard covering, on your teeth. When sugars and bacteria wash over your teeth, they decay the enamel, which can lead to cavities.""There's solid evidence that fluoridating the water is a good thing for your teeth: For one thing, fluoridated water helps reduce tooth decay over a person's lifetime by 25 percent." |
Con Side (Harmful)"What if you would suddenly find out that fluoride was not safe at all and was actually a carcinogenic industrial waste? “The sad irony here is that the FDA, which does not regulate fluoride in drinking water, does regulate toothpaste and on the back of a tube of fluoridated toothpaste … it must state that “if your child swallows more than the recommended amount, contact a poison control center.” "Hundreds of millions of dollars may be wasted annually on children's fluoride treatments by dentists. Typically given once or twice a year at routine checkups, the treatments do nothing to reduce cavities in kids, says a study of insurance records." "Fluoride may be destroying our bones, our teeth and overall health... it doesn't need to be added to our water and we may be taking unnecessary risks by doing so." "fluoridation ... it is the greatest fraud that has ever been perpetrated and it has been perpetrated on more people than any other fraud has." "Water contains a number of substances that are undesirable, and fluorides are just one of them" "The fluoride issue is, in my opinion, a "sanity test" for anyone who claims to know anything about health. As I will explain here, all the dentists, doctors and government health authorities who actually promote the fluoridation of public water supplies are nothing less than clinically insane. |
Propaganda
In the fluoride debate both sides often use propaganda, here are a few examples.