The short answer is no, since 1902 the use of fluoride has been successful for reducing cavities and other oral health. In 1945 Grand Rapids, Michigan was the first community to start using fluoride in their tap water, they were hoping that the fluoride would reduce tooth decay, in turn it really never had an impact. Drinking water contains 1.5 milligrams per liter of water.

To start off Harvard did twenty-seven studies and found strong indications that fluoride may affect cognitive development in children. Another study that Harvard did was to test the IQ of kids that have been drinking water with fluoride and kids that have not, the average loss in IQ was reported with a difference of 0.45, which would be approximately equivalent to a standard deviation of fifteen. Some other negative effects of fluoride in our drinking water are that it can lead to skeletal fluorosis which can damage bones and joints.

Fluoride in water doesn’t just affect humans I can also affect animals, Osteoarthritis can be caused by the ingestion of fluoride and it’s the most common bone tumor in dogs. For cats It can also give them bone tumors, but it also increases the chance of drooling and seizures. If you’re asking yourself how to get safe drinking water for your furry friends, then you can get a reverse osmosis water filter which will reduce the amount of fluoride in the water.

In conclusion we feel that fluoride in our drinking water is not safe, so what you should do to prevent it from getting into your system is to either drink distilled water, use a filter that specifically removes fluoride, or even get bottled water to drink from.