USA - West communities continue to debate risks of fluoride

One Acreage resident, Alex Larsen, said she believes fluoride caused her father's cancer because he worked on fluoride systems.

"If it's a choice between cancer and a cavity, I'll take the cavity," she said. "I can have the cavity filled. I can't fix the cancer. Read the side of a tube of toothpaste. It says, 'If ingested, call poison control.''"