Legislation is in the works in New Jersey to fluoridate the water supply. This is another asinine attempt to usurp our right to control our own lives and bodies by well intentioned but stupid people.
Fluoridating the entire water supply is like using a sledge hammer to swat a fly. The goal of fluoridation is to promote enamel formation in the teeth of young people. There is some evidence that this could be a good thing but some "good things" come with risks, some known, some not. But the risks in this case are secondary to the lack of intelligence. The desired effect comes from DRINKING water. We have no need to fluoridate water which flushes our toilets, shampoos our hair, gets in our eyes in the pool, washes our skin,waters our grass and flowers or washes our cars.
Fluoridation is not a PUBLIC HEALTH question but a PERSONAL health choice since it does not affect the public like a contagious disease. Those who think fluoridation is for them can obtain treatment without involving the entire universe. This way every one's rights are respected.
In any grocery store you can find bottled water of all descriptions, why not fluoridated water? Nearly every kitchen sink has some kind of filtering device, why not a fluoride dispenser?
With so many alternatives to a massive fluoridation approach, which would invade individual rights, it seems to me, much wiser to let the individual decide.
What do you think?
Fluoridating the entire water supply is like using a sledge hammer to swat a fly. The goal of fluoridation is to promote enamel formation in the teeth of young people. There is some evidence that this could be a good thing but some "good things" come with risks, some known, some not. But the risks in this case are secondary to the lack of intelligence. The desired effect comes from DRINKING water. We have no need to fluoridate water which flushes our toilets, shampoos our hair, gets in our eyes in the pool, washes our skin,waters our grass and flowers or washes our cars.
Fluoridation is not a PUBLIC HEALTH question but a PERSONAL health choice since it does not affect the public like a contagious disease. Those who think fluoridation is for them can obtain treatment without involving the entire universe. This way every one's rights are respected.
In any grocery store you can find bottled water of all descriptions, why not fluoridated water? Nearly every kitchen sink has some kind of filtering device, why not a fluoride dispenser?
With so many alternatives to a massive fluoridation approach, which would invade individual rights, it seems to me, much wiser to let the individual decide.
What do you think?
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