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sslott
12y ago
Your concern for my health is touching, but irrelevant to the issue of water fluoridation. Certainly anti-amalgam and anti-vaccination philosophies go hand-in-hand with the antifluoridationist mindset, but can be discussed elsewhere. Do you
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sslott
12y ago
Water fluoridation is an important public health initiative that prevents an enormous amount of extreme pain, debilitation, and life-threatening infection in tens of millions of individuals. If any of you guys wish to discuss the issue, pr
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sslott
12y ago
Ah, yes, personal attacks in lieu of facts and evidence. Another characteristic of antifluoridationists. If you were indeed enlightened enough to be in favor of fluoridation you would easily recognize that the information I have provided in
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sslott
12y ago
"Treated unfairly"? Those are your words, not mine. I've not noted anything of the kind, nor would it be of any consequence to me if I had. Your transparent condescension is typical fare of antifluoridationists who attempt t
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sslott
12y ago
If HN does not approve of my comments, it is certainly free not to post them. However, I do not hide behind pseudonyms. Steven D. Slott, DDS
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sslott
12y ago
It is of no concern to me whether it is customary to post one's name, or not. I do not hide behind pseudonyms. Neither do I care whether people view my DDS as a positive, negative, or nothing. I post it as a matter of full disclosure
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sslott
12y ago
Sure, why not? I stand fully behind all my statements and see no need to hide behind pseudonyms. If you have a problem with fully disclosing my perspective by posting my dental degree, as is customary with healthcare professionals when si
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sslott
12y ago
By all means, have your water tested right down to the subatomic level if you so desire. Obsessive demands to search for problems in the absence of valid evidence that any exist, are an integral aspect of antifluoridationist tactics. How
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sslott
12y ago
Again, water at the tap is that which is ingested and otherwise utilized, thus the only water of relevance. This is why NSF Standard 60 certification requirements begin with water at the tap. It makes no difference what additives are used
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12y ago
As groundwater courses over rocks, it picks up the compound Calcium Fluoride from those rocks. Once in the water, CaF releases a certain amount of fluoride ions into the water. These F ions are to what is commonly referred as being "n