I am not a resident of Greenfield, but I do care deeply about the use of fluoride. We’ve been led to believe there are tooth-saving qualities in fluoride, but there is much evidence that proves there are many negative effects.
There are different forms of fluoride, including the kind that is found naturally in our ground water, calcium fluoride. Then there are three industrial waste fluorides, which are the ones used in our drinking water, known as sodium fluorides. These are very different from one another.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency even has fluoride on its “substantial evidence of neurotoxicity” list, which can mean varying symptoms of nervous system damage.
The U.S. Congress called for an animal study to be conducted to look at any link water fluoridation has to cancer. This was based upon Dr. Dean Burk’s 1977 study, finding evidence that fluoride can indeed cause cancer.
Weston Price D.D.S. has proven that tooth decay is caused by lack of a healthy diet, not by lack of fluoride. Please read his studies.
If you are interested in using fluoride for yourself, let that be your choice, and let it not be forced on the whole town. But, please do research before you ingest these chemicals.
Elisha Poulin
Wendell