We add chlorine to water to prevent dysentery, vitamin C to fruit juices to prevent scurvy, vitamin D to milk to prevent rickets, and iodine to salt to prevent goiter. People who wish to avoid fluoridated water can use a simple reverse osmosis process to remove it or drink bottled water. Because fluoride is not a drug, it is not regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, the FDA calls it safe and effective in fighting cavities. Good dental health is vital to overall health.
Fluoridation gives a big bang for the public health buck.
Every citizen should have the right to a water supply free from any drug or chemical not required for purification. Freedom of choice concerning health matters, as long as it doesn't infringe upon the rights of others, is essential and fluoride violates the freedom of choice by mass medicating the public water supply. Numerous scientific studies have tied fluoride to hip fractures, skeletal fluorosis, osteoporosis and cancer. Six studies alone in the Journal of the American Medical Association found dramatic links to hip fractures. There is no proof that fluoride will prevent tooth decay.