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Originally Posted by nooberftw
but you really dont even need a study its just a fundamental problem for fluoride to be in the water
I know
you dont need a study -
you're happy to accept the claims of the fluoride conspiracy nutjobs without critique. Sensible people (or policy makers) do though.
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-Its extremely unethical to medicate millions of people against their will
I agree. This has nothing to do with whether it is beneficial or not.
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-people should be able to buy fluoride on their own if they want it
That's also true and equally irrelevant.
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-1 size fits all, babies and adults get the same prescription
This isnt true, but is irrelevant.
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-one of the most deadly chemicals in the world
There's arsenic in fruit juice. *gasp*
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-cant control the dose once its in the water
It can be kept below a certain concentration, as recommended by the WHO and other studies.
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- It is now acknowledged by the dental research community, however, that fluoride's primary benefit comes from topical contact with teeth, and not from ingestion as previously assumed.
If you swallow water, does it come in contact with your teeth?
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-cost taxpayers millions of dollars
Programs with health benefits arent free, but that's not a reason to not implement them.
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-There is also a warning. If you swallow more than a "pea-sized" drop of toothpaste, you'll need to contact Poison Control immediately. This indicates that swallowing more than 24mg of sodium fluoride is poisonous. That's disturbing when you consider that 1 cup of tap water also contains 24mg of sodium fluoride
This is surprising, if true. On balance it's probably false.
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-Three separate studies have shown that fluoride ACCUMULATES in the brain of a fetus if it is exposed to fluoridated water. So the effects wouldnt even show up for years and years of drinking
The consequent doesnt follow from the antecedent (which based on past experience is probably false anyhow - unless by "study" they mean "webpage produced by FAN and friends").
Your strongest point so far.
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-europe has as low tooth decay as we do and they dont fluoridate
They're also poorer. Clearly fluoride will make everyone rich!
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-no evidence it helps your teeth but evidence it damages teeth instead
Just outright false.
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-contaminated with toxic metals and trace amounts of radioactive isotopes
Tea and coffee are radioactive.
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-By law, this waste cannot be dumped into the sea but the EPA allows it to be diluted down with our public drinking water.
You can dump tapwater in the sea.
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thats not even including the brain damage and the cancer
What evidence do you have that trace amounts of fluoride cause brain damage and cancer? As above - assertions dont count.