Once hailed as a triumph of public health, water fluoridation is now under intense attack in the US.
Despite decades of data proving its efficacy at protecting teeth from decay—particularly children’s teeth—two states have now banned the use of fluoride in public water, and communities around the country have followed suit or are considering doing the same. The current US health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is known for his anti-vaccine advocacy and for peddling conspiracy theories, has pledged to remove fluoride from US water.
9/10 compromised dentists approve. The other one was taken out back and shot.
I DIDNT vote for Republicans for their FISCAL Responsibility or CARING for Kids! I VOTED for them so I can BULLY my Child’s Classmates! Jesus LOVES me!
His argument for fluoride being so harmful should be him coming out eating a tube of toothpaste and admitting to being a fucking moron.
don’t forget “cost” means “profit for insurance and providers and drug corps.”
Which puts strain on parents. Which lessens the chance they’ll riot and speak out.
It’s all about controlling the population. 70% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. They cannot risk their jobs by taking time off/ risking getting fired/ thrown in jail/ losing any pay/ losing benefits.
It’s obvious and it is fucking disgusting. When are we going to start eating the rich? Wondering on behalf of 70% of my fellow citizens…
You’re welcome to wrangle the cats and start the revolution!
RFK Jr has no idea what he is doing.
Fluoride seems to be getting banned in a lot of places that drink more Prime than water.
I don’t believe anyone actually drinks Prime. The displays I’ve seen never look like they’ve been touched.
I see the neighbor kids drinking it from time to time when walking my dogs
Maybe the fad has passed. It was definitely a thing around here.
Fluoridated water and occasional low-dose supplement tablets are the clear reason why I didn’t have a single major cavity until I was nearly 50, in spite of a lifetime of very haphazard, on-again off-again brushing habits. (yes, I’ve since standardized my brushing!). My parents and other relatives aren’t especially genetically resistant to tooth decay or anything, so I’m pretty sure it was the fluoride that gave me such a cavity-free first five decades. That certainly saved me money, but it saved the public health system even more. Meanwhile I still did my part to keep dentists in business with yearly cleaning and checkups.
Invest in companies making filling materials 🤡
That’s the plan. Do you not know?
It’s so American to put a price in this headline
Shit, who still drinks water from the faucet? I live in Silicon Valley and that shit is contaminated as fuck. I can’t remember the last time I got my fluoride this way. Just brush your damn teeth dirtbags.
My tap water is incredible. I’m probably a minority but it’s really really fuckin good.
