text: I have physical evidence of the long-term ill-effects of fluoridation.  I'd like to speak at the next designated council meeting.  I religiously took fluoride pills when I was a child, used fluoride products and had bi-annual fluoride polishing.  I was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism with a large goiter when I was 13 years old. 1/2 my thyroid was removed.  At 27 years old I was diagnosed with policystic ovarian syndrome.  At 34 years old I was diagnosed with ER and PR + infiltrative Ductal carcinoma (hormone driven breast cancer).  The facts have been around for centuries that fluoride disrupts endocrine system function.  My surgeon (when I was 13 years old) said he had 7 other patients with the exact same disease from the same area in the state.  AND I have 1-3 surfaces filled in 16 of my teeth from tooth decay.  WHAT is the benefit of fluoride again?