Once hailed as a triumph of public health, water fluoridation is now under intense attack in the US.

Despite decades of data proving its efficacy at protecting teeth from decay—particularly children’s teeth—two states have now banned the use of fluoride in public water, and communities around the country have followed suit or are considering doing the same. The current US health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is known for his anti-vaccine advocacy and for peddling conspiracy theories, has pledged to remove fluoride from US water.

        • @ExtantHuman@lemm.ee
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          321 days ago

          They never actually ask any dentists. They just say that because it sounds plausible. It’s a marketing gimmick that can’t really be proven wrong.

          Just like slapping “Arsenic free” on your product when neither yours nor any of your competitors’ products would conceivably contain it.

    • @joelfromaus@aussie.zone
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      521 days ago

      The other one was taken out back and shot.

      The coroner report will be suicide by head trauma. Poor dentist was so sad he shot himself in the back the head, twice!