Fluoride
1. Why do some people disapprove of adding fluoride to drinking water?People oppose adding fluoride to drinking water because they believe that it is not necessary. Research shows that when Canada discontinued fluoridation in communities that dental decay did not increase but actually decreased. There is also questioning of the fluoridation of water because it is not an essential nutrient. A statistic shows that rats that were fed water with fluoride in it suffered from various symptoms of alzheimer’s. 2. What would your position be on adding fluoride to drinking water and why? I believe that we should not add fluoride to drinking water because it is not neccesary. There are to many other negatives and hardly any positives to adding it. Water is fine without adding an unessential nutrient that could cause harm to people. Money can be spent on more important things.3. What technological advances in toothpaste had to be made before fluoride could be widely used in toothpaste and mouthwashes? The contents of toothpaste had to be changed because the original ingredients could be harmful when mixed with fluoride. Toothpaste could no longer be as simple as it previously was. Toothpaste would also be more expensive to make with the added fluoride.4. What side effects of using fluoride in drinking water are of most concern to you? Why? The side effect I am most worried about are the headaches. Headaches cause me more problems than they would a normal person. I experience fatigue and a blurry vision whenever I get one. I get headaches often and fluoride would only heighten my chances of getting one.
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