Do you think fluoridating our water is bad for us?

You guys really outta see this.

This "debate" is straight out of 1950's Cold War John Birch Society fears. I remember the arguing. And the only outcome I have seen in NYC is that kids have better teeth than they did when I was growing up and the children in this area of well water have poorer teeth. Now, while this information is admittedly anecdotal it has an almost 50 year observation point.

we are on well water, always have been, my son is 19 and never a cavity....we do use flouride toothpaste so while I find this post very interesting, I feel that the need for flouridated water is of no consequence, in my case....
wonder what else this does to our bodies when ingested???

Hmm, lots of opinions being tossed about. How about adding some authoritative sources to the mix? For those who don't think our elected representatives are out to kill us, here's the Centers for Disease Control.
http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/

For those who don't trust anything the government says since we all know they are lying scoundrels, here's an alternative view.
http://poisonfluoride.com/pfpc/

I would point out that the argument that fluoride is a poison are as valid as saying aspirin, morphine, table salt, and water are poisons. Each of these can kill if a large enough dose is administered. Also all of these have shown benefits when a correct dose is administered.

And lastly, off topic but I just love this site.
http://www.alaska.net/~clund/e_djubl...rthsociety.htm

SuesquatchRN, I love that film. I actually rented it a month ago.

And I only drink only distilled water, or rain water, and only pure-grain alcohol. That way I can replenish my precious bodily fluids.

Just don't relinquish them, for any reason!

If you do some Google searches...ever since bottled water became the craze, cavities in children started increasing dramatically.

We drink tap water at our house. I only keep a certain brand of bottled water to have something disposable to take with me in the car (I'm a Smartwater fan).

Flouride is flouride...what do folks think that the flouride in toothpaste is? Sterile?

Your water isn't sterile and if you read on the labels of bottled water, you'll find out it's "filtered municipal water".

Translation: Right out of a tap at the factory.

I guess you skipped the FILTERED part of my post. Not all bottled water is spring water or has gone through miraculous measures. You can achieve the same effect with a Brita filter and save money. Where I live we are blessed with good quality tap water...so hardly anyone around here drinks bottled.

The reason the compounds are different is that the fluoride in toothpaste and mouthwashes are NOT meant to be swallowed. That is why when you have children that are small, you get them non-fluorinated toothpaste because they will usually swallow it....in 1997 the FDA required toothpaste companies to place a warning label on toothpaste.

For parents that are bottled water fanatics or live in places where the pipes are not clean (for example, New York City has some of the cleanest municipal water in the nation...however, it's the PIPES in the very, very old system throughout the buildings and homes and businesses, that contaminate the water), there is nursery water.

Funny how everyone is freaking out about the fluoride in the water and no one is mentioning that the sodium content is so high in some areas, that cardiac patients on sodium-restriction cannot drink it.

I live in an area where a warning is on every bill.