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A dentist’s perspective on common claims about fluoride
Fluoridation

Archived 2 years ago from Dental Economics
A dentist’s perspective on common claims about fluoride

Claim: Water fluoridation was part of a conspiracy to “zap the vigor of the American people.”This one is comical. The theory that fluoride was added to the water supply to reduce vigor is a common but unsubstantiated conspiracy theory not backed by any notable research. The decision to add fluoride …

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Yes, Fluoride in Your Drinking Water Is a Good Thing
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Archived 2 years ago from MSN
Yes, Fluoride in Your Drinking Water Is a Good Thing

If you’ve got a mouthful of healthy teeth, you can probably thank some kind of combo of good genes, a solid brushing routine—and the presence of fluoride in your drinking water. Since the 1940s, adding the mineral to the public water supply has been the norm in many places throughout the US. So, …

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Tooth Decay Rose in Canadian Cities Without Fluoride. RFK Wants This for the US.
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Archived 2 years ago from Truthout
Tooth Decay Rose in Canadian Cities Without Fluoride. RFK Wants This for the US.

It’s not uncommon for Canadian dentist Brandon Doucet to see patients who are in so much pain that they’ve tried to extract their own teeth. As a dental student, Doucet was inspired by Bernie Sanders’s first presidential campaign and realized that he needed to take action where he was, in Halifax, …

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Letter to the Editor | Longview councilmember’s anti-fluoride agenda is rooted in conspiracy theories
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Archived 2 years ago from Longview Daily News
Letter to the Editor | Longview councilmember’s anti-fluoride agenda is rooted in conspiracy theories

Here we go again.Our uninformed, conspiracy theorist City Council is pushing anti-fluoride for the uneducated.First, the final decision on the matter is slated for late March, which I believe is in violation of the 90-day requirement from the date of first notification.Data shows two-thirds of …

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RFK Jr. wants to end fluoridation – Israel already did
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Archived 2 years ago from Heritage Florida
RFK Jr. wants to end fluoridation – Israel already did

(JTA) — TEL AVIV — Ilana Decker, who moved from Israel to New York three years ago, says she doesn’t agree often with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Arguing, as he does, that the government should not make health mandates, she said, makes her “sound like an anti-vaxxer, which I’m not.”But there is one …

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Water fluoridation returns to the news, with Bremerton’s history of debate a backdrop
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Archived 2 years ago from USA TODAY
Water fluoridation returns to the news, with Bremerton’s history of debate a backdrop

In April 1997, the Bremerton City Council approved adding fluoride to the city’s water system after a group of residents identified children’s dental health as a major issue there. Port Orchard, Poulsbo and Bainbridge Island and many other American water providers started fluoridating their water …

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Why put fluoride in the water? Scientists weigh in
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Archived 2 years ago from North Country Public Radio
Why put fluoride in the water? Scientists weigh in

Fluoridating the public water supply has been common practice for nearly 80 years in the U.S. It’s an acclaimed public health intervention that helps prevent cavities. For just as long, some have raised concerns about the practice that can veer from evidence-based to unsubstantiated conspiracy. An …

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What a new study does — and doesn’t — say about fluoride and its link to IQ
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Archived 2 years ago from Los Angeles Times
What a new study does — and doesn’t — say about fluoride and its link to IQ

A new report linking fluoridated drinking water to lower IQ scores in children is sure to ratchet up the debate over a practice that’s considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century.The report published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics synthesizes the results of dozens of …

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Will the EPA Limit Water Fluoridation?
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Archived 2 years ago from Reason Magazine
Will the EPA Limit Water Fluoridation?

In the closing days of the Presidential campaign, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that “the Trump White House will advise all U.S​. water systems to remove fluoride from public water.” Multiple news reports pounced on the statement as another example of RFK Jr’s fringe and potentially dangerous …

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