Bill pushed through by Republicans awaits governor’s signature to outlaw addition of mineral to water
  • CaptainPedantic@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    "Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, or rain water, and only pure-grain alcohol Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation. Fluoridation of water? Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?

    I can no longer sit back and allow Communist infiltration, Communist indoctrination, Communist subversion, and the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!"

    – these goobers

  • pizzaboi@lemm.eeEnglish
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    11 days ago

    I don’t expect this to happen in my state, but if it does, what’s the best recourse? Stock up on fluoridated toothpaste and brush extra? Get fluoride treatment at dental checkups? Something else? I don’t have kids, but if I ever do, I want their teeth to be healthy.

    • Baphomet_The_Blasphemer@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 days ago

      I grew up with rural well water (so no fluoride). I would get fluoride treatments whenever I went in for cleanings, and eventually was prescribed a fluoridadted toothpaste. Both are affective.

    • Impound4017@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      12 days ago

      As someone who lives in Utah, trust me, you don’t need any help to ID them. There’s a vibe that’s immediately apparent and impossible to miss once you know what you’re looking for lol

  • 001Guy001@lemm.eeEnglish
    01·
    11 days ago

    Wouldn’t it be better to give families vouchers for toothpaste and toothbrushes? Or have subsidized lower price ones available?

    I never really understood how water briefly swishing through your teeth with some minimal amount of fluoride in it has any effect on the teeth. (edit: explanation in the replies). Fluoridation comes across as a way for industry to legitimize toxic waste instead of having to treat it and dispose of it responsively and ecologically.

    Meanwhile we are ingesting it when drinking tap water, along with our pets and all other animals that have access to the water supply, and we wash our hands with it and shower with it, and we ingest it further through crops/food that is grown/prepared with the water.