According to the Centers for Disease Control, fluoride's "predominant effect is post eruptive and topical." In other words, any benefits that accrue from the use of fluoride, come from the direct application of fluoride to the outside of teeth, and not from ingestion.
The absence of fluoride does not cause any disease. A wide variety of health issues arising from fluoride use are for instance, that it causes severe brain damage, reduces IQ levels, is linked to bone cancer, damages kidneys, impairs proper thyroid function, debilitates the endocrine system and causes dental fluorosis when ingested in early childhood.
Officials adding fluoride to our water equates to forced medication. Please take your stand and sign the petition to end fluoridation.