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• It represents a violation of the Nuremberg principle of informed consent . • There are no benefits to fluoridation . We actually pay the phosphate fertilizer industries for their crude hazardous waste . • There are many disease states where water fluoridation levels of fluoride are not tolerated . Such as kidney disease/ renal transplant . Fluoridation is supplying a medicine without ability to control dose and without informed consent . It is a gross violation of our right to control what goes into our own bodies . Over 50 studies link the levels of fluoride found in community water fluoridation with reduced IQ. They can be found on the Fluoride Action Network website . Please review them and the other information there . water • it ' s not science- based • Causes thyroid problems, causes skeletal fluorosis that is diagnosed as arthritis, reduces IQ, increases incidence of ADHD, damage to tooth enamel due to fluorosis, increases incidence of certain cancers . • It is toxic waste . It ' s not even the kind of fluoride that dentists recommend . Dental use of fluoride is applying it directly to the teeth . Swallowing it has no effect on dental health . Meanwhile , swallowing it does have deleterious effect on mental health and long-term health . • Fluoride is effective against tooth decay only when applied topically . Systemically it is a neurotoxin and there are no systemic levels of fluoride that are innocuous . • It' s neurological toxin . 9 • It is an FDA defined drug, " unapproved drug" under the form sodium fluoride . Hexafluorosilicic acid is an analog . • Fluoride used has many toxic impurities, in addition to the toxicity of the fluoride itself. • Even if it were to have some benefits for teeth , putting it in the public drinking supply is an imprecise, uncontrolled , and potentially dangerous way to deliver the medicine . • It is unethical to expose all citizens to a neurotoxin with increasing evidence of negative health impacts without their consent . • It contaminates our precious bodily fluids • It is known to reduce IQ. • Aren ' t these enough ? ! • Fluoridation of the public water supply is medication without informed consent, which is a violation of our basic . Fluoride is classified as a developmental neurotoxin , linked to decreased IQ and numerous health problems ( see fluoridealert. org for tons of info about that ) • impact on developing brains, skeletal fluorosis, neurotoxicity to name a few • It ' s expensive for the public to pay for this, AND none of us get to opt out if the water system contains it . Removal via filtration is expensive . Most people have access to fluoridated toothpaste and topical products . Those have been shown to be most effective to prevent caries . We ' d save money and do better for overall health and the environment by offering free fluoride toothpastes, etc . to our neighbors who need and request them . Also , the poisoning of the water system that happened 2 years ago at OWASA due to accidental overfluoridation ( and resulting shutdown of the system ) would NOT happen again . • Fluoride ( F ) is a neuro -toxin