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In my youth I lived off a well and did not have access to fluoridated water. My parents still live in that house. There are large swaths of people who live off
by OedipusRex 7y ago
In my youth I lived off a well and did not have access to fluoridated water. My parents still live in that house. There are large swaths of people who live off of a well in the United States. We started adding fluoride to water because our knowledge at the time said it was a good idea (and still probably is). The rates of tooth decay falls when fluoride is introduced in drinking water.
https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/pdf/natures_way.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/pdf/natures_way.pdf
But the only places that have fluoride added to the water are metropolitan areas (at least around me in a Midwestern state).
- lootsauce 7y agoThe weakness of this argument is that there has been no control for a rise in rates of disease over many decades it would take for a bio-accumulating substance.
- aaomidi 7y agoI understand - fluoridation has been immensely helpful. However, should we re-visit our decisions every once in a while and see if we can do things differently? Toothpaste production is now more streamlined. We know the immense benefits of fluoride, so getting it to people in a more concentrated and localized matter can be a next step in helping people with this. Essentially I'm saying it was a potential risk we accepted because the benefits far outweighed the potential risk down the line, but now that we have alternative solutions with smaller potential risk should we discuss them or not?