USA - Some public health advocates oppose fluoride in water

In the past three years, legislation encouraging fluoridation has been defeated or tabled in Arkansas, Nebraska, Oregon and Hawaii.
More recent, controversial contentions from opponents link fluoridation with bone cancer and thyroid disease. Federal health officials disagree.
However, the CDC has said that 32 percent of American children now have some form of dental fluorosis, a white or brown mottling of the teeth. Health officials blame it on swallowing of toothpaste while fluoride critics believe fluoridated water is a contributing factor.
"I have no hidden agenda," said Swearingen, who earned a Goldman Prize, awarded to grassroots environmentalists worldwide, in 1997 for exposing the dangers and illegal practices of a toxic waste incinerator in East Liverpool, Ohio. Her husband is a dentist and her daughter is a dental student at West Virginia University. Swearingen said both agree with her stance on the issue.

"What do I have to gain by opposing water fluoridation but to protect human health? That's my area of interest."
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