Water Fluoridation? I Don’t think So.

Water Fluoridation? I Don’t think So.

The United States government considers water fluoridation one of public health’s “great wonders” (Newman, WSJ). However, this view is not shared by all. For the past 27 years, Darlene Sherrell has lead a campaign to both stop the fluoridation of U.S. water supplies and inform the public of the harsh realities of fluoridation. There have been many studies conducted that analyze the different effects of water fluoridation. Based on these studies, it appears that any benefits of fluoridation will not warrant its continuation in the United States due to the ill effects fluoridation has on the environment, the potential health risks it brings, and the insincere intentions of its supporters.
Fluoridated water appears to be harmful to the environment. The more frequently fluoridated water is used today, the greater the amount of contaminated water that will run into our nation’s vital groundwater and flow into t...