Florida's fluoride frenzy making my teeth ache

[Zorro]

Can politicians deal with the facts?

Before Florida condemns a generation of toddlers to a lifetime with rotten teeth, can we step back and look behind the curtain at the hysteria over fluoridated water?

The move hit close to home recently when the Hillsborough County Commission narrowly defeated a move by Republican Commissioner Joshua Wostal to remove fluoride from the county’s drinking water supply. Communities across the U.S. have added fluoride to their water since 1945, which dentists and public health professionals widely credit for reducing cavities and improving overall health as children mature into adults.

But Wostal cited a September ruling by a federal judge in California who held that fluoridation at the federally recommended level of 0.7 milligrams per liter posed “an unreasonable risk of injury” and ordered the Environmental Protection Agency “to take regulatory action in response.” Wostal said the “new legal rulings” justified removing fluoride because the finding was “based on loads of empirical data from scientists and medical professionals that had an extremely high bar.”

First, there is only one ruling — a fairly muted one that’s up on appeal. And it’s false to suggest the science behind it met “an extremely high bar.” This misinformation is leading communities across the state to take the knee-jerk response of removing fluoride from their water. Before others make that mistake, let’s look at what the judge found and what the studies actually said.

https://www.tampabay.com/opinion/2025/02/27/fluoride-water-florida-dentist-hillsborough-commission-iq/

Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, a quack of the first order, has come out against fluoridation, claiming it lowers a child's IQ.

Hmmm. Could fluoridated water be the source of so many ignorant voters in this country? Maybe a dose of Ivermectin could fix that...

[JoseBalow]

1. That's why I drink only distilled water, rainwater, and pure-grain alcohol

[BonnieJW]

2. I've read that having fluoride in toothpaste

And used twice daily is sufficient to prevent tooth decay. Don't panic.

[GreenWave]

3. Idiot repugs gotta run on something other than they are puppets of the rich.

So they want THAT narrative DOA. It would make them extinct. Look at how scared shitless "tough guy" Trump is of Musk.

[FSogol]

4. Utah is in the process of removing fluroride from their water.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/28/health/fluoride-ban-utah/index.html