What happened when Calgary removed Fluoride from its Water Supply. - PBS Newshour

[MagaSmash]

[UpInArms]

1. Those teeth hurt my soul

And … the only one who has lost is points … is the worm eaten brain of rfk jr

[SharonAnn]

2. My brother and I had lots of cavities growing up. Our 6 younger siblings did not.

The difference? The younger ones grew up with fluoridated water. We were over 10 when it started.
That’s enough of a sample size for me.

Also, given the availability of vitamin and mineral supplements, should we stop enriching bread?

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. RFKJr is a threat to mankind - PERIOD.

[Blue Owl]

4. He's the worm in our collective brain

[PJMcK]

5. I've had a lot of hardware put into my mouth

From my dad, I inherited soft enamel. Even though we had Fluoridated water, I still got lots of cavities inspite of brushing several times a day. Thankfully, in my older years, that has stopped!

When my son was growing up, we had our dentist coat his teeth and he has a perfect white smile without any fillings.

Eliminating Fluoride is stupid, short-sighted and harmful to the children of Utah and Florida with probably more to come.

And what's the point of this ignorant exercise from RFK, Jr., he of the brain worm? Is he trying to harm our youths?

Probably, as Trump's idiot toady, these actions are aligned with Trump's desire to destroy the United States in every way possible.

[Festivito]

6. So, F in water is for 10% to not have cavities?

I wonder to what age that lasts.

[Behind the Aegis]

7. In Israel....

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But in 2013, the health minister, Yael German, pledged to stop requiring fluoridation the following year, citing unnamed doctors who she said had personally told her that fluoridation presents risks to pregnant women, people with thyroid problems and the elderly. Like Kennedy and his followers, she also cited the importance of individual choice.

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Since discontinuing fluoride in tap water, Israeli dentists have observed a significant rise in children’s cavities and have urged its reinstatement, even as some parents remain firmly against the idea.

A study published in September found a significant increase in dental restorations and crowns among Israeli children ages 3 to 5, attributing the rise to fluoride’s absence. The researchers, from the Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, concluded that the results provided “further proof of the need to restore community water fluoridation in Israel.”

Another study, published in January 2022, analyzed six years of data from dental clinics affiliated with a national Israeli healthcare network, showing that children ages 3 to 12 required nearly double the number of restorative treatments compared to before fluoridation ended. Researchers emphasized that even Israel’s expansion of free dental care for all children failed to offset the worsening dental health.

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This is NOT a good policy!

[Rhiannon12866]

8. When I was really young, my brother and I took fluoride pills daily along with our vitamin pill

It was when we moved up north so I guess there was no fluoride in the water there. We called them "salt pills," they were small white pills and that's what they tasted like.