Most of those responding to our March 8, 2012 online poll are opposed (57.4 percent) to fluoride being added to the county’s water system, which supplies water to Petaluma.
Here are some of the comments by those who responded to the survey:
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“Does this mean I won’t have to brush my teeth anymore?”
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“Don’t need it. Just another thing to have to filter out.”
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“They should have done this years ago! It helps alot of kids avoid cavities and extra floride treatments.”
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“Fluoride is a toxic chemical produced as an industrial byproduct of the phosphate mining industry and also contains toxic cadmium, lead and other deadly materials that routinely contaminate the fluoride dumped into the water supply. “
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“Get your own flouride at your dentist. Some folks have kidney problems which can’t metabolize flouride.”
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“I’d rather we not add any non-essential chemicals to our water. Filter and sanitize for safety, but that’s it.”
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“The overwhelming benefits of online casino flouride added to the water supply have been proven for the last 50 years. It’s time the locals take their heads out of the ground.”
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“No more chemicals in our water, please! We already get low level residual pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals, chlorination byproducts, and pharmaceutical wastes, all of which are not filtered out in our water treatment facilities. Keep flouride for use directly on our teeth if you chose, not ingested all the time with all water uses.”
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“Then they’ll raise the rates again!”
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“This one is kind of simple. Please do not add anything to our fresh drinking water. I believe that most people brush their teeth.”
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“Three years ago, when I moved to Petaluma from Orange County, where John Birchers used to oppose fluoridation, I was astonished to discover that water was not fluoridated in this progressive area. Even Orange County is now getting its water fluoridated. Let’s get with it, Petaluma!”
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“Why would you do this? Leave our water alone!”
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“You can’t control the dose when you dump it in the water. Let’s just have clean, safe water. We don’t need to add chemicals to our public water supply that are meant to treat the consumer rather than the water itself.”
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“Why do we need to add fluoride? To supplement those who can’t care for themselves?”
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“Sure, so long as the natural supply is short of fluoride. Who wants to spend our limited resources on a dentist provided flouride painting.”
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