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Let's put it this way: There is pretty compelling evidence that leaded gasoline reduces knocking in car engines, and that asbestos reduces fire deaths in build
by mchannon 8y ago
Let's put it this way:
There is pretty compelling evidence that leaded gasoline reduces knocking in car engines, and that asbestos reduces fire deaths in buildings.
No one's debating the direct goal of fluoride- it's the externalities that make the matter controversial.
- perculation 8y agoAlso the fact that there's already fluoride in food, perhaps more than we get from swallowing toothpaste (and which is after all topically available to the teeth!) Also that food could be fortified with Vitamin D3 which might also reduce tooth decay, perhaps more effectively. On the societal scale, a slight decrease in the average IQ due to fluoridation might correspond to a larger deficit at the genius end of the spectrum. Society disproportionately benefits from the work of geniuses & it should protect them more.