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delisen

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20. Do you think a movie is scientific proof?

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 28, 2025, 08:23 PM

Mar 28

I avoid ingesting fluoride due to science on bone health and thyroid disorders. Others are concerned about scientific reviews and studies on children/intelligence.

I think this is a very emotional issue and I have been asking people to read the current science rather than lean into the old movie. It was great fun in the 1960s and the John Birch Society members deserved ridicule on many grounds. However there are millions of children in the US today with dental caries despite living in areas with water fluoridation.

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Utah Becomes First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water [View all] demmiblue Mar 28 OP

We're living in a remake of Dr. Strangelove. Ocelot II Mar 28 #1

Dentists will be making bank... SheltieLover Mar 28 #2

That was my first thought. The surgeon general of Florida wants to eliminate it in our water Deuxcents Mar 28 #6

Oh, no doubt FL wants to eliminate it. SheltieLover Mar 28 #13

Do you think a movie is scientific proof? delisen Mar 28 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author SheltieLover Mar 28 #3

So throwing the baby out with the bath water instead of monitoring fluoride level and having better controls. marble falls Mar 28 #4

A quiet cheer goes up from Utah dentists and dental supply houses? dutch777 Mar 28 #5

Enjoy your future no_hypocrisy Mar 28 #7

Russian gaslighting often emphasizes anti-intellectualism and distrust of medicine. AmericaUnderSiege Mar 28 #8

My hometown has naturally fluoridated water. Jokerman Mar 28 #9

The Louisiana of the West. Now with dentures. NotHardly Mar 28 #10

Have fun with all those cavities, dickholes! Aristus Mar 28 #11

As a chemist, I can tell you that's a good move. patphil Mar 28 #12

Thanks. twodogsbarking Mar 28 #14

My husband and his family grew up with spring water, no fluoride, obviously. His entire family has had dental problems * Oopsie Daisy Mar 28 #15

Remember Romney ? Conserva'- ban "this and that is decoy to basically white-collar and street connections " crimes.. swampthingdc Mar 28 #16

It's banned where I am too. Dentists EllieBC Mar 28 #17

So, DON'T believe in 80 years of scientific trial results, but DO believe in magic underwear. LudwigPastorius Mar 28 #18

Should make Bobby Brainworm happy Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 28 #19

This is John Birch Society madness. valleyrogue Mar 28 #21