Comment from Rick North
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Summary: The commenter supports the citizen petition to end water fluoridation, arguing that fluoride should be treated as a drug. They contend that adding it to public water supplies violates informed consent and safety protocols because it is not tailored to individual patients.
According to the FDA, “Fluoride, when used in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease in man or animal, is a drug.” (http://fluoridealert.org/researchers/fda/drug/). Fluoride is intended to prevent cavities, and like any drug, it can have harmful side effects.
The standard safety protocols for a doctor prescribing a drug include its being pharmaceutical grade (uncontaminated), for a specific dose, for a specific period of time. The doctor reviews the potential benefits and harmful side effects. Then the patient makes the final decision on whether to take it. This is informed consent.
When you put fluoride in drinking water, every one of these protocols is violated, taking away your right to choose what drugs you put in your body.
Administering a drug is not a one-size-fits-all. There is very good reason that no other drug, in the U.S. or any nation in the world, is allowed to be added to public water supplies. There is no logical reason why fluoride should be an exception.
Please end this obsolete, unwarranted practice as soon as possible.