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I lived in Germany for a while. There, the water that comes out of your tab doesn't get fluorized. Instead, they add fluoride to tooth paste. So, is Germany le
by kleiba 2y ago
I lived in Germany for a while. There, the water that comes out of your tab doesn't get fluorized. Instead, they add fluoride to tooth paste.
So, is Germany less free or more free?
- Xelynega 2y agoI think you missed the point of "positive" versus "negative" freedoms. They have more of one, less of the other.
- kleiba 2y agoSorry if you read my post as snarky - I don't think I missed that point, I meant the question at the end more as food for thought. The OP contrasts adding fluroide to water vs. not adding fluoride to water and brings up the freedom question. I find that very interesting. But he omits that there's also the variant I sketched, namely that fluoride could still be made available to the population, but not through water. Now, how does this factoid relate to the freedom (positive or negative) question? So, please don't read my post as negative, my intent was to bring an additional perspective to the table.
- lazyasciiart 2y agoAmerica has that too so it’s irrelevant to the question?
- hanspeter 2y agoWhile they don't add fluoride, the natural levels in German tap water can reach 0.3 mg/L. Compared to the US recommended level of 0.7 mg/L in fluoridated water, that's not an insignificant amount.
- heavyset_go 2y ago> So, is Germany less free or more free? Can communities choose to fluoridate their water at the utility level or are they banned from doing so by legislation like they are in Utah?
- formerly_proven 2y agoFederal limit is 1.5 mg/l. All water suppliers have to regularly chemically/biologically analyse their water and publish fairly detailed reports. Example: https://www.bwb.de/de/assets/downloads/analysewerte-wasserwerke.pdf https://www.bwb.de/de/assets/downloads/analysewerte-wasserwe... Some states add extra reporting requirements.
- starspangled 2y agoCan communities choose to permit murder or ban people of certain races? Is America not free because they cannot choose to vote for a government that would prohibit women from voting or jail people for expressing political opinions? You're using an extreme definition of freedom that I suspect is not quite the trump card you think it is. No, "communities" can't just do whatever they want because they "choose" to, and nobody ouside the lunatic fringe thinks that's a prerequisite for freedom.
- atesti 2y agoIsn't it also added to salt?