Mass fluoridation of tap water is unethical and its the wrong way of practicing preventive medicine.

As the title says . In some countries , like US, tap water is fluoridated with the intention of preventing dental caries. This is done without informed consent and thus is an unethical practice.

Even though this may reduce the caries incidence in some populations some people maybe harmed from it as well and keeping in mind that we still have a lot to learn about the human body we shouldn't be taking the risk of harming people by these kind of mass medication practices.

Edit : Since many people have been asking about sources on harmful effects of mass fluoridation here are a few links i could find by a quick search on google about its impact on childrens IQ and on fluororsis .

https://www.aapd.org/globalassets/media/publications/archives/mascarenhas-22-04.pdf

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1752-7325.1997.tb02964.x?casa_token=6LJUzubVIjQAAAAA:21DENU9psllpNMlQMjT8wJk_RSJFposifj0BlvhOls3B58tJakUdp0z630xwzN4D0QAFNwc0WC6pEIji

https://www.fluorideresearch.org/403/files/FJ2007_v40_n3_p178-183.pdf

https://www.bmj.com/content/321/7265/855.short

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00220345000790021001

Edit 2 : I am going to stop here. Thanks for everyone taking part in the discussions. Here s a nice informative video about whats wrong with this kind of mass fluoridation practices. Hope it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mUUrZJaHPU