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[-] Rookwood@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

Fluoridated water doesn't seem to make a difference on cavities. It does have neurological effects. It's simply not acutely fatal. It's already in our toothpaste. We don't need it in our municipal water supply and the majority of developed countries don't.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/fluoridated-drinking-water/

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

Only 3% of Quebec's population has access to fluoridated water and we have way more dental issues than any other province in Canada.

[-] Greyghoster@aussie.zone 7 points 4 days ago

Interesting. The article doesn’t actually say that fluoridation in water supplies is dangerous but that some researchers are questioning. Generally code for lack of scientific evidence. It also finds that early studies may have had a flawed basis (pretty much all early studies have been found wanting by later scientists) but doesn’t refute the results.The study mentioned in the article talks about high levels of fluoridation which I assume is in lab tests however these levels are not the case in water supplies.

The correct way forward is more actual science based studies.

[-] Ramblingman@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

The bad part about Rfk jr is he probably mixes in some science with quackery. I honestly assumed all his ideas are insane. That's what's so hard about being discerning right now, you have to be on one side or the other.

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[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

the people that need to hear this will never believe you.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 5 points 4 days ago

Next headline will be how fluoride contributes to autism and it will have just as much evidence as the vaccine bit does. How is this even a thing? Is ground zero on this RFK?

Meanwhile, all the people who can’t afford dentists will have even worse teeth going forward. Make America’s teeth British again.

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[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

Lemminologist here:

the fluoride levels vary because that’s how numbers do in reality

[-] bradd@lemmy.world 0 points 2 days ago

My thing is this...

  1. Adding it requires effort
  2. Removing it, if possible, requires effort
  3. It's not a requirement
  4. There are other alternative methods to get it, like toothpaste, or sumpliments, that don't force your neighbors to have your fluoride.
[-] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

but what about my precious bodily fluids?!?

[-] mxcory@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 4 days ago

"Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?"

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[-] cikano@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

But what about our precious bodily fluids?

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