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First it was charcoal-infused juice, then it was unpasteurized milk, now health fanatics are jumping on the “raw” water bandwagon and it has experts worried. Raw water refers to unfiltered, untreated and unsterilized water that’s collected from a spring or the atmosphere, and proponents believe …
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SAN FRANCISCO — At Rainbow Grocery, a cooperative in this city’s Mission District, one brand of water is so popular that it’s often out of stock. But one recent evening, there was a glittering rack of it: glass orbs containing 2.5 gallons of what is billed as “raw water” — unfiltered, untreated, …
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SAN FRANCISCO — At Rainbow Grocery, a cooperative in this city’s Mission District, one brand of water is so popular that it’s often out of stock. But one recent evening, there was a glittering rack of it: glass orbs containing 2.5 gallons of what is billed as “raw water” — unfiltered, untreated, …
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SAN FRANCISCO — At Rainbow Grocery, a cooperative in this city’s Mission District, one brand of water is so popular that it’s often out of stock. But one recent evening, there was a glittering rack of it: glass orbs containing 2.5 gallons of what is billed as “raw water” — unfiltered, untreated, …
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In the early 1900s, a young dentist named Frederick McKay moved to a Colorado town where the residents’ teeth — though in some cases stained chocolate brown — had far less decay than was typical back then. He and other researchers eventually linked the phenomenon to fluoride in the town’s drinking …
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Shutterstock While there were exaggerated fears about fluoridation in the past, what do current studies say about problems with fluoridated water? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by …
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For a large swath of conspiracy theorists, September was one hell of a month. A brand-new study seemed to show that fluoride, the chemical found in drinking water and toothpaste, could lower infants’ IQ. Truthers were thrilled — it was a missing link they’d been seeking, the tin-hat cherry on top …
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By Sara Jerome, @sarmje After halting the practice six years ago, Albuquerque has decided to once again add fluoride to its water supply. “Water utility board members voted 5-2 to approve a $250,000 appropriation that will allow the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority to buy the …
Read MoreChristopher Bryson. Seven Stories Press, $24.95 (374pp) ISBN 978-1-58322-526-4Concerns over fluoridated drinking water have long been derided as the obsession of McCarthyite cranks. But this muckraking j’accuse asserts that fluoride is indeed a dire threat to public health, one foisted upon the …
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Illustration: Peter Hoey Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. the conspiracy: Starting in the mid-’40s, American cities began putting fluoride into their drinking water under the guise of preventing childhood tooth decay. …
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