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No more Fluoride for you

Posted by Cindy

July 26, 2010 8:31 a.m. • 11 comments

The Sandpoint City Council has voted to quit adding fluoride to the municipal water system that also serves communities from Kootenai to Dover.

The 4-2 vote last week followed comments by more than a dozen people arguing against fluoridation at the meeting. Some who spoke out against fluoridation said they were being medicated against their will, the Bonner Daily Bee reported.

Fluoridation: yay or nay?

11 comments on this post so far. Add yours!

Sisyphus on July 26 at 8:46 a.m.
Wow, the kooks are in charge. I never thought I’d see the day when Bircher mentality would get a foothold anywhere. Remember when their zany ideas were roundly mocked?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1KvgtEnABY
otisgexperience on July 26 at 8:51 a.m.
Do kids even drink water anymore? I think the flouride would reach more children if Pepsi and Coca-Cola added it to their products. Along with potato chips and Happy Meals.
LukeB on July 26 at 8:55 a.m.
Nope. Brush your teeth and quit drinking pop.

The less that is added to water, the better.
bcnqrgd on July 26 at 9:01 a.m.
Look for a major increase in the number of toothless rednecks in Bonner County!
Don_Sausser on July 26 at 9:54 a.m.
@bcnqrgd:Look for a major increase in the number of toothless rednecks in Bonner County!

Do you mean Bonner will catch up with un-flourated CDA and Spokane?
Bent on July 26 at 10:06 a.m.
Nay! If I want floride, I’ll take care of it myself thank you very much…
Gary D Rhodes on July 26 at 10:29 a.m.
No forced medication.
ejs on July 26 at 10:50 a.m.
Is a mineral medication? If you think municipal water is just water, H20, and nothing else your mistaken. Municipal water has a few other things added to it.
Truth is a person couldn’t take drinking pure water for very long without serious side effects. Pure water meaning just water, no calcium, salt, etc.
kamm on July 26 at 11:13 a.m.
@GDH
In a perfect world that would be great. As it is you’re drinking heavy metals, carcinogens, fecal bacteria, cryptosporidium, flushed hormones, antibiotics, illegal drugs like meth, cocaine, etc, pesticides, herbicides, arsenic, silver, barium, beryllium, copper, low/high levels fluoride, thallium, volatile organic compounds, car oil, gasoline . And the list goes on…..

So change to bottled water. Oops; it contains fecal bacteria, caffeine, acetominophen, byproducts of producing plastic, fertilizer,strontium, solvents. trihalomethanes, arsenic, toluene.

Ummmm, Pour yourself a glass and drink up.
Nothing is as simple as it seems.
nyscof on July 26 at 3:00 p.m.
No human is, or ever was, fluoride-deficient. Fluoride is neither a nutrient nor required for healthy teeth. Fluoridation is an old-fashioned, out-dated concept that science shows must be retired.

Proponents and Opponents of fluoridation agree that too much fluoride can be really bad for teeth and bones. In fact, the EPA will soon lower the 4 mg/L of fluoride allowed as a contaminant into the water because at that level it causes bone and joint problems, studies show.

A recent study presented at the International Association of Dental Research show that there’s much more fluoride in tea than was once thought - enough to do damage - even when fluoridated water isn’t used in the brewing.
Anyone tell you that lately.

Did anyone tell you that infant formula should not be mixed with fluoridated water, per the American Dental Association and the Centers for Disease Control.

There’s lots you don’t know about fluoride. Before you defend fluoridation, you need to do your own research and not rely on others opinions.

There’s no reason to ingest fluoride; but if you want it, you can get in at the drugstore for really cheap.

for more info http://www.FluorideAction.Net
fortboise on July 26 at 7:42 p.m.
When I need work on my teeth, I go to a dentist, not a John Birch Society meeting.

I’d look to http://www.ada.org/fluoride.aspx if I wanted to get the best information about fluoridation.

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