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If flouride indeed both strengthens teeth and bones and lowers IQ, it becomes even more challenging to pick an optimum level. I think that the more complex a q

If flouride indeed both strengthens teeth and bones and lowers IQ, it becomes even more challenging to pick an optimum level. I think that the more complex a question is, the more important it is for the answers to be decentralized so that we can experiment with many of them. If fluoride does have significant negative as well as positive effects, that's an argument toward removing it from water supplies and making it a choice. Reasonable people could decide that they prefer weaker bones than minds, or visa versa.

thebigspacefuck 4y ago
The “Nursery” water (sold at Walmart, Walgreens, etc) for mixing with formula has fluoride added to it. It’s nonsensical. Example: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/d45b6df1-099b-4568-b2a9-5ddacc30740a_1.f4728a42877aeb18ca73056cc4a891a4.jpeg https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/d45b6df1-099b-4568-b2a9-5dd... What purpose does it serve? We can all get behind breastfeeding raising IQ (https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(15)01024-7.pdf https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736...) but maybe it’s the fluoride in the formula lowering IQ.
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- PlsDntBan 4y ago
  So, medicated water for children? 10 years ago I chose to have my kids in a community that does not fluoridate the water because there has LONG been an association with IQ and ingesting fluoride. But, MOST insanely, fluoride is by all account a medicine, we are one of the ONLY countries in the world that medicates our water supply. Just think about it, why do we medicate our ENTIRE water supply? There is something terrible behind the fluoridation of the American water supply, I have no idea what but I do know that as a scientist what we are doing makes no sense and is VASTLY more harmful then beneficial.
- wil421 4y ago
  Those are supposed to have lower fluorine than tap water. According to the CDC, babies who only drink formula with tap water can develop dental fluorosis, faint white lines on the teeth.[1]. It’s not always possible to breastfeed. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/faqs/infant-formula.html https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/faqs/infant-formula.html
  - thebigspacefuck 4y ago
    From your link it mentions to use water “without any fluoride added after purification treatment. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires the label to indicate when fluoride is added.” The water I’m referring to is exactly the kind of water the CDC recommends against using, yet that is not at all obvious from the label. IIRC it is sold right next to the infant formula implying it should be used. Again, what purpose does it serve? Babies and toddlers don’t have their adult teeth so it is irrelevant for dental health at that age.
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swayvil 4y ago
I hear it induces passivity. Like lithium. That is clearly useful to a government.

thebigspacefuck 4y ago

The “Nursery” water (sold at Walmart, Walgreens, etc) for mixing with formula has fluoride added to it. It’s nonsensical. Example: https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/d45b6df1-099b-4568-b2a9-5ddacc30740a_1.f4728a42877aeb18ca73056cc4a891a4.jpeg https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/d45b6df1-099b-4568-b2a9-5dd... What purpose does it serve? We can all get behind breastfeeding raising IQ (https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736(15)01024-7.pdf https://www.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/lancet/PIIS0140-6736...) but maybe it’s the fluoride in the formula lowering IQ.

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PlsDntBan 4y ago
So, medicated water for children? 10 years ago I chose to have my kids in a community that does not fluoridate the water because there has LONG been an association with IQ and ingesting fluoride. But, MOST insanely, fluoride is by all account a medicine, we are one of the ONLY countries in the world that medicates our water supply. Just think about it, why do we medicate our ENTIRE water supply? There is something terrible behind the fluoridation of the American water supply, I have no idea what but I do know that as a scientist what we are doing makes no sense and is VASTLY more harmful then beneficial.
wil421 4y ago
Those are supposed to have lower fluorine than tap water. According to the CDC, babies who only drink formula with tap water can develop dental fluorosis, faint white lines on the teeth.[1]. It’s not always possible to breastfeed. [1] https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/faqs/infant-formula.html https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/faqs/infant-formula.html
- thebigspacefuck 4y ago
  From your link it mentions to use water “without any fluoride added after purification treatment. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires the label to indicate when fluoride is added.” The water I’m referring to is exactly the kind of water the CDC recommends against using, yet that is not at all obvious from the label. IIRC it is sold right next to the infant formula implying it should be used. Again, what purpose does it serve? Babies and toddlers don’t have their adult teeth so it is irrelevant for dental health at that age.
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uup 4y ago

swayvil 4y ago

I hear it induces passivity. Like lithium. That is clearly useful to a government.