Utah bans fluoride

[Zztop]

Utah bans fluoride in public drinking water, a first in the US

Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov.

apnews.com

[governor]Cox, who grew up and raised his own children in a community without fluoridated water, compared it recently to being medicated by the government. Utah lawmakers also said the ban was a matter of personal health choice and that putting fluoride in water is too expensive.

 

[jboss]

Finally allowing Utah to be a state of Truly Free Thinkers. Periodontists bout to cleeean up.

 

[0rion]

My kids have been raised their entire lives on well water with no ill effects. This will only be an issue because people want it to be an issue.

 

[Tapxe]

This is a change I have no issue with. Good dental hygiene will compensate. I'm sure those dead set on getting fluoride can find a supplement.

 

[livefromDC]

Europeans are quietly celebrating this one as the observation that Americans have really nice teeth will now eventually fade away.

 

[Yatman]

finally!

 

[GrandAdmiral]

This is a change I have no issue with. Good dental hygiene will compensate. I'm sure those dead set on getting fluoride can find a supplement.

True, but unfortunately, there are still areas in this country where access to good dental hygiene is a struggle or completely absent.

 

[St. Widge]

This is a change I have no issue with. Good dental hygiene will compensate. I'm sure those dead set on getting fluoride can find a supplement.

The thing is that it does help for some who don't have access to good dental hygiene, which is a lot of people don't considering the cost of going to the dentist and the lack of reasonable insurance. So, unless there is some compelling health risk to having fluoride in the water, why take it out?

So is there any legitimate risk of having fluoride added to water or is it just that it steals your manly essences?

 

[faceman]

finally!

so? you resort to no teeth voters?

 

[Zztop]

The thing is that it does help for some who don't have access to good dental hygiene, which is a lot of people don't considering the cost of going to the dentist and the lack of reasonable insurance. So, unless there is some compelling health risk to having fluoride in the water, why take it out?

So is there any legitimate risk of having fluoride added to water or is it just that it steals your manly essences?

Some of this 'risk' (which turned out to not be a risk, if the recommended guidelines were followed) was addressed in the article.
You have people like RFK and that quack in Fl advocating for it's removal.
It will predominately affect lower income communities.

 

[St. Widge]

Some of this 'risk' (which turned out to not be a risk, if the recommended guidelines were followed) was addressed in the article.
You have people like RFK and that quack in Fl advocating for it's removal.
It will predominately affect lower income communities.

Yeah, that's why I asked if there was any legitimate health risk.

 

[GrandAdmiral]

It will predominately affect lower income communities.

It will. Even those with government assistance suffers because programs like Medicaid only covers the basics. But in these communities, more than the basics are needed.

 

[Yatman]

so? you resort to no teeth voters?

mandrake, has it occured to you that more ballots are cast by voters who've lost their teeth to meth than to pure, unflouridated water?

 

[faceman]

mandrake, has it occured to you that more ballots are cast by voters who've lost their teeth to meth than to pure, unflouridated water?

I missed the sarcasm. You got me