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The article refers to compounds found in, for example, firefighting foam and not to the fluoride added for preventing tooth decay.
by esun 10y ago
The article refers to compounds found in, for example, firefighting foam and not to the fluoride added for preventing tooth decay.
- hughes 10y agoNevertheless, this study will be added to the arsenal of those seeking to end municipal fluoridation.
- bykovich 10y agono... no....... say it ain't so.
- throwaway91111 10y agoMouthwash seems like a better option than drinking fluoride to improve teeth.
- djsumdog 10y agoVery true. I've been to some of the anti-fluoride talks and read a lot on both sides. From what I gather, there simply isn't enough fluoride added to water to really make a difference. Add enough and you start getting dental floursis. The people against municipal fluoride use a lot of the same bad maths to link fluoride to a plethora of ailments. Their evidence doesn't really add up either. Overall it looks like it's a wash. I err on the side of it not being in water. It doesn't really help teeth unless applied topically in high concentrations, so we're better off spending money to give kids free toothpaste/brushes/education. There's the question as to whether or not it can lead to things like osteoporosis, and honestly that question can't be answered easily. Long term toxicity buildup over 30~40+ years in humans is very difficult to test and control for. You can't put humans in a cage and have one group only drink water with fluoride and the other not. Our primate counterparts simply don't live long enough. People move around too much and drink too many different types of drinks to accurately survey exposure. Of course this article is not about fluoride in water, so this is kinda a rabbit trail comment anyway.
- yuhong 10y agoIt would be even better to decrease the consumption of sugar I think.
- Diederich 10y agoYou said 'seems', which seems to leave the topic open to discussion in your mind. (: What's the downside to adding appropriate amounts of fluoride to municipal water sources? EDIT: after I posted this, I did some quick Googling, and man this is an all over the map topic. There APPEARS to be reasonable evidence on both sides of the debate, but honestly, I'm not personally vested in this enough to dig any more.
- throwaway91111 10y agoYea; that's pretty much where I lie too. I'm not skilled at picking apart this kind of evidence.
- Nition 10y agoFloride in water is really meant for the people who aren't going to use mouthwash, or floss, or brush their teeth as much as they should anyway. It brings up the dental health of the group with the worst dental health.
- astrodust 10y agoWho cares? The same people are arguing the government should stop geo-engineering with HAARP and chemtrails. They're detached from reality. They'll use a study on sock production volumes in Honduras causing earthquakes in India.
- some-guy 10y ago> Who cares? They vote, so I care.
- mwfunk 10y agoAnd they vote in shockingly large numbers, for example enough to get anti-vaxxers (who I think of as having a lot of overlap with fluoride conspiracy people) seriously considered for cabinet-level positions in the US.
- infectoid 10y agoIndeed. The time for apathy is over. When people have bad arguments and bad evidence, you need to say something.
- astrodust 10y agoThere's nothing you can do on a logical level. Your only hope is an emotional appeal that resonates.
- thenewwazoo 10y agoI care because those people succeed at defeating fluoridation efforts; for example, the 2013 effort in Portland, OR[1] [1] http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/05/portland_fluoride_for_the_four.html http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/05/portlan...
- astrodust 10y agoThey'll succeed at banning WiFi and other things if we don't obstruct this nonsense. Hell, they'll succeed at banning refrigeration if they have their way.
- seattle_spring 10y agoThat won't stop the conspiracy theorists from having a field day on this one.
- cmelbye 10y agoI would too, if I theorized that there were toxic compounds in my water, and then found a study that proves that to be correct.
- woofyman 10y ago"A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works." - Dr Strangelove
- correnos 10y agoExcuse you, that was General Ripper. As for fixing this: it will not be difficult, mein fuhrer!