AI Summary:
- Utah is poised to ban fluoride in public water systems, pending the governor’s signature.
- The bill prohibits adding fluoride to public water and repeals previous related laws.
- Federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized fluoride, influencing the bill.
- Studies on fluoride’s impact on children’s IQ have mixed results, with some showing negative effects and others showing no harm.
- Major public health groups support fluoridation for dental health benefits.
- The anti-fluoridation movement has gained popularity post-Covid-19.
- Similar legislation is proposed in Florida, emphasizing the importance of consent in public health measures.
They should put lead back into gasoline as well, while they’re at it…and asbestos in a baby powder.
In a few years americans will be known for their bad teeth like the English are now
I think I’m well past the point of caring if a bunch of conservative’s teeth fall out.
As for those living there that are smarter than their conservative neighbors, honestly, we’re heading toward a future in this country where you may actually need to move to a blue state to have a decent future. Sorry.
When I was younger, I was confused as to why fluoride was in water, since we would receive regular fluoride tablets in grade school. I’m sure not every school does that…
Somewhere there’s a cabal of dentists sitting around a table in a dark and shadowy room cackling madly
The (d/m)ental decline in the US is real…
Slaps dental premiums this baby is going places!
The tooth fairy economy is about to face an inflation crisis.
Want job security? Become a dentist
Fluoride in the water didn’t anyone’s teeth. But your point remains valid I think
Want to see what happens when you do this?
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/children-youth/childrens-headline-indicators/contents/indicator-7
Notice the two states with the highest rates of dental decay are Queensland and Northern Territory?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_in_Australia
Yeah, those states didn’t get flouride in their water until around 2012.
Such a coincidence…
It’s also completely silly because many places have naturally fluoridated water!
Yes but what about all the autism. Or mind controlling. Or whatever the hell it is that fluoride is evil for?
Conservatives are concerned that the miniscule chance of fluoride reducing children’s IQ is enough to cause children to grow up to be conservatives.
Makes you listen to pop music.
Hahaha😂
Get some baking soda toothpaste and some fluoride rinse and you’ll be okay.
What’s the point of baking soda toothpaste if you’re going to use fluoride rinse anyway
Curious if anyone can weigh in on this - is there much benefit to having fluorinated drinking water if you brush twice a day with fluorinated toothpaste and rinse with flourinated mouthwash?
I distill all my drinking water, but it’s to remove PFAS and all the other garbage we’ve polluted the earth with. Not because of flouride.
My understanding is the most benefit is to children whose teeth are still growing, then secondarily to adults who have substandard dental hygiene. An otherwise healthy adult with good dental care routines is the least impactful case.
Going off on the tangent of distilled water: distilled water can reduce overall minerals in the diet. From WebMD https://www.webmd.com/diet/distilled-water-overview
Distilled water lacks even electrolytes like potassium and other minerals your body needs. So you may miss out on a bit of these micronutrients if you drink only the distilled stuff. Some studies have found a link between drinking water low in calcium and magnesium and tiredness, muscle cramps, weakness, and heart disease
That’s been debunked - we get so few minerals from water for our diet that it’s almost nothing anyway. Almost everything is from solid foods or non-water liquids.
People are going to be whining about cavities, in fact people who went flouride free toothpaste and complained they got cavities and blamed in on the effectiveness of the toothpaste
It’s because critical thinking is a dead skill in this country.
We have essentially trained an entire generation to not rely on critical thinking skills anymore. And apparently in the process of graduating a second generation of the same.
It is the plot of Idiocracy. Where the people don’t even understand the things that affect them on a day-to-day basis they just know that “it’s what plants crave”
Sadly, this is unlikely to lead to the death of people, so it won’t be reverted in a week, but have long lasting effects. I guess it’s not a problem as long as there’s a decent health infrastructure to hold up the increased issues, right?
Uh, yeah. About that last part…
Dan Halen is ecstatic 14 years later
Uh, here in Oregon it’s already been banned for a long time. This headline is sus.
The difference is in verbiage. Oregon doesn’t require it, but Oregon also doesn’t ban it and leaves it up to municipalities. Utah is trying to actively force municipalities to not be allowed to use it.
Ah makes sense.
It isn’t banned in Oregon. Many communities have simply decided not to do it. Hillsboro recently voted to stop fluoridating their water, for example.
This would be the first time an entire state has literally banned the practice.
And it’s stupid. There are maps of the US that show which states have the lowest/highest rates of dental caries. The states with the lowest rates just happen to have mandatory water fluoridation, and the states with the lowest rates of fluoridation all have the worst dental health. Meanwhile there’s zero evidence that drinking fluoridated water has negative health effects.
Wanna add that Columbia County has fluorinated and chlorinated water.
Ah gotcha. And yeah I agree it’s dumb to not fluoridate our water but toothpaste companies need to be able to upcharge on extra fluoride toothpaste and dentists need work right? /s
