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So after 65 years, the CDC announced that fluoridation of the municipal water systems may not be as advantageous as previously thought. Some studies have found that an estimated 2 in 5 children in America show early signs of fluoride poisoning, and many studies have been conducted that show a negative impact from long term over-exposure and impact on overall health. So what's your take on this?

Not affected in the slightest unless some crazed pops up spouting crap.

bye bye teeth.

Tinfoil hats shall be passed out momentarily.

We've lived 65 years with "high levels of fluoride" and haven't suffered major problems because of it.

So... what's the problem?

Fluoride naturally occurs in some ground water around the US, leading to defluoridation by the Govt. Britain doesn't use, or hadn't used fluoridated water, look what that got them j/k. Mandrake, have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?

Its obviously a Communist conspiracy. Haven't you learned anything from Dr. Strangelove?

What does that even mean? :blink:


On topic, it's all just a conspiracy to make the population dumb and docile. :ninja:

MIND CONTROOOOOOL!!!! AND BETTER TEETH!!!!

Invisible words...

I was going to make a 1984 joke about how they're lowering our Fluoride rations but I'm too tired to make it work.

Anyway this must be quite the shock to the conspiracy theorists that think there's a sinister motive behind fluoride in the water. Maybe they'll come up with something new, like how now that we have better teeth the government is taking them away from us as a form of socialism, or something.

Wrong! It's a ploy by toothpaste companies! You see, by lowering the fluoride in our water, our teeth will inevitably get worse and worse. In order to keep our teeth intact, we will have to brush, at first, a definite mandatory twice a day. Sooner or later, it'll become 3, 4, and so on! And by having to brush our teeth so often, we will be using more toothpaste, and thus, giving the evil toothpaste companies more money by buying more toothpaste!

IT'S A TOOTHPASTE CONSPIRACY!!!
Join Nurgle instead, you'll never need to brush your teeth once you join :chaos:

If only for the very principle of it, I do not like something as basic and necessary as our WATER being purposely tainted. I'm thankful for this. If you want fewer cavities, try eating less sugar. Or floss once and a while. These sorts of retroactive solutions to things are idiotic.



You make it sound as though 65 years is a long time :unsure2:

Higher rates of fluoride poisoning = lets lower the fuoride in water.

Seems reasonable enough :shrug:

For a human being it is.

This.

This. And it might just be me, but I kinda think fluoride makes water taste funny...

...Or maybe that's just how my water tastes. :unsure:

Anyway, another thing that can help with cavities and the like is getting your teeth sealed as a kid. I had mine sealed and *knock on wood* aside from braces have never had any problems. I'm 19 now, I'm pretty sure it works.

*knocks on wood again to be sure*

I am actually glad we have flouride in our drinking water. No need to get rid of it, as their will always be some child out there with flouride poisoning.

"The CDC estimates every $1 invested in fluoridating public water supplies saves $38 in dental treatment costs."

Sounds completely worth it to me.

Well, as a matter of fact, we have statistically the fewest rotten teeth in the world. So perhaps copying us might not be a bad thing?

Now we just need to convince the government to ban aspartame in foods.

The tap water around here is pretty nasty, so I've never really drank anything but bottled, I think I'm unlucky because Irish tapwater in general is supposed to be quite good. I only drink a lot of it when I say in my friend's place, because he has a well and the water is nice and cold and sorta sweet.

Actually thats just kids, 12 and under, I read that study. I was just joking though. Are those Lancashire pigs?

What? :unsure2:

We've won. We've finally defeated the Communists.

Never seen Snatch?

I've never heard of it.