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There are 4 comments on Making Sense of the Fluoridated Water Debate

  1. Frankly it doesn’t really matter if Fluoride causes immortality with zero side effects – according to all ethical principles in medicine, people must be given the opportunity for informed consent for any medical intervention. Putting any medical intervention into the public drinking water is a violation of the important principle.

    1. I cannot agree more. Life is complicated, and science is never settled. Government should provide information, but should not force anyone into a medical procedure of any kind. And, yes adding fluoride to water is a medical treatment.

  2. Robert Kennedy, Jr. wants to stop artificial water fluoridation; democrats are rebelling. But the evidence shows that 80 years of fluoridation has failed the United states. For example” ( References hyperlinked here https://fluoridedangers.blogspot.com)

    Dental costs soared to $174 billion

    31 more dental schools created since 1950

    Hospital ER dental visits climbed to 144.8 million

    60% of 5-year-olds have cavities

    Half of 6–9-year-olds have cavities

    57% of adolescent have cavities

    70% of US children are fluoride overdosed (dental fluorosis)

    Oral health disparities persist

    Black youth have the most dental fluorosis and tooth decay

    34 million school hours and 92 million work hours are lost yearly for emergency dental care

    $46 billion in productivity is lost yearly due to untreated oral diseases.

    11% of Nat’l Guard & Army Reserve soldiers are unready for deployment due to poor oral health

    Americans have died from the consequences of untreated tooth decay

    Filters don’t remove fluoride

    Fluoride is Ubiquitous; Fluoridation Unnecessary

    Senator Bernie Sanders declared a dental health crisis in America in 2012 and 2024.

    In 2000, The US Surgeon General called dental and oral disease a “silent epidemic”

    in 2017, “Despite significant financial, training, and program investments, US children’s caries experience and inequities continued to increase over the last 20 years.” (American Journal of Public Health)

    Three modern studies show fluoridation has little, if any, benefit. (LOTUS, CATFISH and Cochrane)

    World Health Organization data shows fluoridation went down equally in fluoridated and non-fluoridated countries.

    It’s time to end artificial fluoridation in the US.

    References hyperlinked here: https://fluoridedangers.blogspot.com

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