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Adding elements to stuff we assume UNIVERSALLY is universally wrong because we do not assume them at similar level. For instance here in EU most table salt is w
by kkfx 2y ago
Adding elements to stuff we assume UNIVERSALLY is universally wrong because we do not assume them at similar level. For instance here in EU most table salt is with added iodine, witch in general is good IF you do not live near the sea, but being universal this salt also goes to people living near the see adding potentially to much iodine (an thyroid problems are on the rise since decades).
For fluorine it's the same: some drink tap water, some drink only bottled water, so some get potentially too much some potentially nearly none.
That's why "universal" is essentially wrong.
- woodruffw 2y agoNobody is saying that universal fluoridation is good public health policy. It’s about local conditions, including existing dietary sources and groundwater levels. In much of the US, trends in both combined with persistent access problems around dental care warrant fluoridation in most municipalities.
- Incipient 2y agoNot nitpicking this particular reply, but more a general observation as this thread seems to have a few instances. Any argument made that's trying to take a position on a scientific point, yet has grammatical mistakes, significantly detracts from the point being made. If there is a lack of attention to trivially simple "to" vs "too"...what's the chance of sufficient attention being made to the vastly more complex points of debate?!
- kkfx 2y agoSorry for my poor English, not my mother tongue... Well, in debate terms: let's say you could decide to add element to tap water because locally you state "there are not enough of this element", how can you dose it? Some do not drink tap water, will get nearly none, some drink much, some came here for a bit of time coming from other places, ... Teaching people a good diet it's a thing, "imposing" adding stuff to common goods is a dangerous choice, which could be well abused to do very nasty things.