A bill awaiting the governor's signature would prohibit adding fluoride to public water systems.

AI Summary:

  • Utah is poised to ban fluoride in public water systems, pending the governor’s signature.
  • The bill prohibits adding fluoride to public water and repeals previous related laws.
  • Federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized fluoride, influencing the bill.
  • Studies on fluoride’s impact on children’s IQ have mixed results, with some showing negative effects and others showing no harm.
  • Major public health groups support fluoridation for dental health benefits.
  • The anti-fluoridation movement has gained popularity post-Covid-19.
  • Similar legislation is proposed in Florida, emphasizing the importance of consent in public health measures.
  • Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 years ago

    Shit; the serial killer sympathizers, racist, cousin fuckers, are about to add this to the list

    Sorry to all my brits, I know this hits home.

    • wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
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      2 years ago

      This is the way. The idiots have been coddled for generations. They need to have the experience of their teeth rotting out for themselves.

      • cybersin@lemm.ee
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        2 years ago

        And what about the other 49% they dragged down with them? You’ve also just made everyone’s dental insurance 10x more expensive. Thanks!

        • indomara@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          2 years ago

          For anyone in a state without fluoridated water, you can get fluoride drops to put in your/your children’s water.

          • prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works
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            2 years ago

            I grew up with well water and we didn’t have naturally occurring water.

            Our doctor prescribed us a chewable tablet we took every night after dinner.

            Didn’t get my first, and only, cavity until I was 35.

            My ex-wife who grew up with me had a dad who was “they’re putting gay vaccines in our fluoride to turn our cavities to queers” type and they didn’t …. Cavity city.

          • howrar@lemmy.ca
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            2 years ago

            Why not just brush their teeth? I’m pretty sure fluoridated toothpaste is much easier to come by than fluoride drops.

            • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
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              2 years ago

              Because adding fluoride to tap water provides measurable benifits regardless of socioeconomic status.

              In addition, other countries where municpal water is not as developed, they will add fluoride to salts and other consumer products.

              • howrar@lemmy.ca
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                2 years ago

                We’re comparing toothpaste to fluoride drops, not fluoridated tap water.

                • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
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                  2 years ago

                  Because your logic is flawed coming to that question. It insinuates that one is needed over the other. This is not a fair comparison because toothpaste and fluoride suppliments are purchased and flouridated tap water costs almost nothing to consumers of municipal water. All sources must be taken into account for public health programs like this.

  • Loce@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    They should put lead back into gasoline as well, while they’re at it…and asbestos in a baby powder.

    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 years ago

      Insurance companies will still collect it since they need to pay out for a lot of this shit. We’ll also be able to quantify this impact by looking at dental premiums and copays. They’ll eventually go up in states without fluoridated water.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 years ago

    I think I’m well past the point of caring if a bunch of conservative’s teeth fall out.

    As for those living there that are smarter than their conservative neighbors, honestly, we’re heading toward a future in this country where you may actually need to move to a blue state to have a decent future. Sorry.

    • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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      2 years ago

      The Utah dental association was strongly against it. Dentists already make good money and most of them actually care about their patients health.

      Dental health is also strongly correlated with cardiovascular disease and other diseases.

      • Kanzar@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        2 years ago

        Yeah I’m in dental myself (another country), and when anti-fluoride patients come in, we generally sassily remark that we thank them for keeping us in business. Bit of dark humour to see the silver lining in things, I guess?

        There have certainly been dental clinics going out of business in the last few years, something quite unheard of - unlike other ‘new businesses’, the success rate of opening a new dental clinic was normally guaranteed (unlike say a new cafe).

        If the general population want to remove one of the best public health initiatives, then so be it. We’ll make hay while the sun shines.

  • njm1314@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Somewhere there’s a cabal of dentists sitting around a table in a dark and shadowy room cackling madly

  • thingAmaBob@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    When I was younger, I was confused as to why fluoride was in water, since we would receive regular fluoride tablets in grade school. I’m sure not every school does that…

    • Argonne@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      What’s the point of baking soda toothpaste if you’re going to use fluoride rinse anyway