HB691

Fluorode should be taken out of the water supplies

I agree that fluoride should be taken out of the water supply

I support this bill in removing fluoride from public water supplies

There is so much research showing that ingesting fluoride is absolutely horrible for our health and it’s even worse when we have to spray it on our organic plants that we’re growing in our yard because we all have health conditions. We all have genetic defects that are triggered by these toxic chemicals. If you have children, don’t you remember when the doctor told you not to let them use fluoride toothpaste, and even when they did start using fluoride tooth paste not to swallow it? The body does not need fluoride in any way shape or form. Fluoride is a toxic waste. It reduces the IQ of our children! You might think that fluoride reduces the number of cavities i. children, but that is not true. It’s actually better oral hygiene overall such as frequent brushing, it’s not the fluoride that’s doing it. Please stop adding fluoride to our water!

Fluoride lowers IQ. It is a toxic substance. PLEASE stop knowingly poisoning our families.

Dear Representative, As a Board-Certified Pediatric Dentist, I strongly oppose community water fluoridation based on current evidence, and I urge you to support HB691 to protect our most vulnerable...infants and pregnant women. The latest Cochrane Report findings show the benefits of water fluoridation in cavity reduction are minimal—only about a quarter of a cavity per person, including "the possibility of no benefit." In contrast, the potential risks, particularly neurodevelopment and IQ reduction, are significant. We only have one opportunity to develop a brain, and as a dentist, I cannot fix a brain, but I can fix a tooth. Comparisons between fluoridated and non-fluoridated communities are anecdotal and unsupported by my 20 years of experience and current research, including WHO data. Caries rates are influenced by diet, hygiene, breathing, nutritional deficiencies, and factors like oral and gut microbiomes. Fluoride is pervasive in pharmaceuticals, ultra-processed foods, topical oral healthcare products, and other sources, making it impossible to control total exposure per individual. Mass medication without informed consent is unacceptable. The burden of proof lies in ensuring safety, especially given fluoride's presence in numerous sources. Recent data, including the National Toxicology Program and JAMA Pediatrics meta-analysis, highlight fluoride's neurocognitive risks. I urge you to prioritize children's brain and whole-body health. I encourage you to grant the community a choice. Fluoride can be used topically in toothpastes and rinses if one chooses. It should not be forced upon us. Please consider supporting the end of water fluoridation in your community. Sincerely, Dr. Anastacia M Whitman, DMD, IFMCP

I am in support of this bill. Public medication through drinking water fluoridation needs to end. The dosing per gallon is known, but the EXPOSURE rate is uncontrolled. Fluoride is naturally occurring in our food sources, and additional supplements are both not needed and at times dangerous. In the absence of public fluoridation, someone concerned with their fluoridation level being insufficient has many options to increase it individually - through toothpaste with added fluoride, mouthwash containing it, topical treatment in a dental office or via supplemental intake by prescription - all of which come with warnings against excessive ingestion - and the threshold to be "in excess" is a very small amount above "sufficient for dosing" - fluoride is not something to consume extra of safely. It is time to give the residents of NH the confidence that our public drinking water is safe from medical intervention.

I support this legislation because medicating the public without their consent is unethical and the risks presented by water fluoridation far outweigh any supposed benefit. Water fluoridation has been banned in many countries already. Installing a reverse osmosis water filtration system to remove fluoride costs upwards of $20,000, presenting yet another unfair advantage the rich have over the poor in upward mobility and health outcomes.

For the sake of public health, no fluoride! It is a neurotoxin

As a retired nurse and mother of a fluoride injured adult daughter, I BEG YOU to vote to prohibit the addition of fluoridation chemicals to public water systems. This unscientific policy mass medicates all who are exposed without informed consent. It is violation of standard medical practice and the Nuremberg code. My daughter happens to be part of the 1% of the public (estimated) to be ALLERGIC to fluoride. The EPA, FDA, CDC, HHS do not give ANY CONSIDERATION to this subpopulation. My daughter's health was severely impacted until we finally discovered fluoridation was the cause. NO DOCTOR ever helped us, and we spent thousands of dollars and countless days in error, until we found the answer. I also live with the knowledge that my daughter was exposed prenatally to Philadelphia water, then fluoridated at 1..2 PPM. ALMOST TWICE the amount today...neurologic damage has been documented at the current level of 0.7 PPM. I tested her IQ at age 5 and it it was disappointing, I didn't know about fluoride as a neurodevelopmental toxin at that time. Nerudevelopmental damage by fluoride was proven at the Forsythe Dental Institute of Harvard IN TTHE 1990's. But that scientist, Phyllis Mullenix was silenced and FIRED. I am still furious about my daughter's prenatal exposure and it should stop for everyone IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE MAKE THE RIGHT AND SCIENTIFIC DECISION AND VOTE YES! Beverly DeCer RN 610-952-4391

Hundreds of studies linking serious health effects:? ?- neurotoxicity – cognitive impairment, reduced intelligence/IQ? – behavior issues – ADHD? – arthritis? – cancer?- cardiovascular disease? – kidney disease ?- iodine and thyroid suppression? – diabetes/endocrine disruption? – gastrointestinal effects? – premature menarche in adolescent girls?- infertility? – sleep issues r/t pineal gland laden with the chemicals ?- teeth… and skeletal fluorosis, leading to fracture?? – toxic synergy between fluoride and aluminum?? – damaging the developing brain in utero exposure is without a doubt linked with neurobehavioral issues FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK? – A phenomenal resource with over 300 research studies, at least 50 linking fluoride exposure to reduced intelligence in humans.

While it's been known for many years, it's just been widely broadcast that fluoride is a poison to the brain, especially the growing young brain. The Fluoride Action Network has worked for years to let the general public know of these dangers. Adding fluoride to drinking water can be considered as adding a pharmaceutical/drug to the water that people are drinking, and adding a 'medicine' without their consent. Topical fluoride as applied b the dentist is a better route to obtain fluoride for dental health. Too much fluoride (and fluoride in water supplies an unknown quantity of fluoride, dependent on amount of water drank and concentration of it in the water supply) leads to bone and thyroid issues. Please stop the addition of fluoride to public water by SUPPORTING hb691.

Having grown up enjoying the wild waters of our country, I have a vast appreciation for drinking as close to pure water as it gets. Adding fluoride or any of its derivatives is scientifically shown to cause neurological damages. New studies are showing this over and over again. Fluoride binds to anything with a free electron. It does this more than ANY other element, and this is partly why it is so damaging. I support the ban of the neurotoxic Fluoridation of our water supply.

I support taking fluoride put of water supplies.

Is there science to show that consuming fluoride benefits people once their teeth are formed? I would prefer not to drink chemicals that I don’t need. We already have enough of that going on in our water.