What happened when a town removed fluoride from its water

[@TerryManning]

What's more American than folks meeting at a donut shop to plan an anti-healthcare effort? smh

[@PlatinumHustle]

Lmfaooo nothing wrong with a donut every once in a while

[@paul5683]

Let the red hats skip vaccinating their kids, in a generation or two we will see the results.

[@yvonneplant9434]

Donuts made of chemicals...

[@Robert-z8t4m]

Exactly, a donut likely does way more harm than tiny amounts of fluoride

[@juliethompson8685]

Cracked me up!!!!!!! Who needs them darn teeth anyhow??!!

[@patrickhall3878]

9 out of 10 Dentists agree that if you don’t have money you’re not going to get anything.😮

[@yvonneplant9434]

No kidding..

[@pat_in_va8605]

Dental Health discussion location: A Donut Shop. Prophetic.

[@bigcheesevirus]

You just played into a cost cutting exercise by the local government using social media and it worked. The benefits of fluoride in water is far more beneficial than none. Social media and limited education at work.

[@AwakeInAnacortes]

Exactly, and it's always these overly political types that think their ignorance is as good as someone else's knowledge.

[@38NDY]

"You"? I don't know how to respond - who is "you"?

[@bigcheesevirus]

@38NDY The "you" are everybody who voted sorry for the confusion.

[@paul5683]

If the goal is cost cutting, I can think of one good example. We have trash and recyclables picked up every week. I'm always amazed at how many people put their recycling bin, ours is 20 percent larger than the trash bin. How many people put their recyclables out and there is hardly anything in the bin. I guess their attitude is that they are paying for a weekly service, I'm going to make sure the bin is emptied every week. A community of 30,000 homes and the labor adds up quickly.

[@Beannzzzz]

Fluoride is not that important. Until you have the ability to consume natural ground water then what you say doesn’t really matter. I have been exposed to both parties and I can confirm that the benefits of fluoride are minuscule and pointless. As long as you have proper dental hygiene then you have no reason for there to be extra additives to your intake of water. Majority of the treated water is spent not in your mouth, but rather in your intestinal tract, absorbing the chemicals.

[@janetseidlitz5976]

I can read an automobile manual but that does not make me a mechanic. She did not pay attention to the lectures on critical thinking, clearly.

[@paul5683]

Ground water polluting from fraking is something that needs to be investigated along with forever chemicals in our drinking water.

[@eddie_alabama7997]

Time to start buying stock in companies that make dentures! Children’s dentures are called “flippers” (They will be more common in the coming years).

[@SonicYogi]

Why not just let water be water? And let people make their own choices about dental hygiene?

[@country_mfer]

They literally did let the people make their own choice, they voted to remove the fluoride. If anyone in America is concerned about fluoride in their water they can call their city council.

[@azo5000]

Who in the world is just rinsing their mouth with water and not flossing or brushing? Since when is faucet water a dental solution?

[@christophero1969]

That nurse is poorly educated!

[@amber_love5]

I guess she’ll find out what the difference is now that there’s no fluoride in their water. She’ll find out. I’m guessing she’s not using fluoride in her toothpaste as well so when her and her kids have cavities and have teeth problems, I guess they’ll get their answer.

[@Beannzzzz]

@@amber_love5false. I live with a ground well, and I have spoken to other RNs (Registered Nurse) about fluoride. Fluoride has minuscule benefits that can be removed by simple dental hygiene. I have experienced no problems with my hygiene and I have not had a single cavity for the three years I have been fluoride free.

[@azo5000]

How about people who want fluoride can use a system in their house to automatically add it in the main line? Or someone can use a reverse osmosis system to remove it?

[@cecilefox9136]

How worrying.

[@jamesmartin1895]

Well, the Circus officially starts Jan. 20th 🤣🤣🤣

[@Beannzzzz]

Fluoride doesn’t help you that much. I’ve been living off of a natural well for about 3 years and have experienced no further problems with my dental hygiene. This is coming from the fact that I have lived in a city where the water had been treated with fluoride for the majority of my life until I decided to move.

[@leonardodalongisland]

I'm guessing your toothpaste has fluoride??

[@7_of_9]

😂

[@MightyMouse11]

No to fluoride Yes to sugar

[@jordancarson]

Dentists are going to get rich off this town over stupidity.

[@morenasal]

The propaganda dressed up as objective reporting on this channel is astounding!

[@debbiecooper1677]

thank goodness I am on well

[@jackyogeeah3447]

.7 mg per litre... i may drink 2+ litres a day. I also brush my teeth with fluoride toothepaste. Every food that contains water probably has fluoride in it. I also bathe in it, go to the swimming pool in it, what else... how much fluoride is that per day?

[@leonardodalongisland]

A; If you drink three liters per day, you consume 2.1 grams of fluoride. One ounce equals 28. 34 grams. Ergo, you're drinking (not counting "water food") less than one ounce (.78) of fluoride-per day. B: The amount of fluoride absorbed through the skin from shower/swimming pool water is negligible.

[@TheFlutecart]

FAFO.

[@HeidiMerkley]

How ironic-a donut shop?

[@terrybuggs4004]

But it will only resurface somewhere else...removing it from our water still keeps it on the shelf to be repurposed elsewhere

[@kansasgoldilocks]

I wonder if these people who are so worried about fluoride in their water eat fast food and processed food. I just always find it ironic when someone eating a Big Mac is worried about fluoride or a vaccine.

[@2boxergirls9604]

Not sure how drinking fluoride in our water helps protect our teeth from cavities. Isn't the point of fluoride toothpaste to get the fluoride ON our teeth? We don't drink toothpaste, we spit it out! And if you'll notice there's a warning on the tube that says if toothpaste is accidentally swallowed, get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away!

[@uscg5581]

You had one dentist who just says "I see more cavities in this town than another one". That was your proof? Really?

[@country_mfer]

When did anyone in this entire video call that proof? It's one piece of evidence against the narrative that any amount of fluoride in drinking water is bad. That isn't proof, and no one called it proof. The proof is all the scientific studies that show that a small amount of fluoride in drinking water does more good than harm. But most people are unable to engage or accept that cause they saw a meme on Facebook that said fluoride in water bad

[@TrishTruitt]

RFK may be a bit kooky, but he's right about Fluoride. Harvard studies have clearly shown that is causes declines in IQ scores and has other marks of being a neurotoxin. It also competes with an important mineral we need and are often deficient in - iodine, which is vital for many functions from thyroid to immune health. People can still buy fluoridated water, toothpaste and get topical dental treatments. Conversely it's very hard and get it OUT of the water requiring an expensive RO (Reverse Osmosis) filtration system, to eliminate it. So, the public at large should not be forced to drink it against their wishes.

[@colorbugoriginals4457]

who is making bank on the fluoride? it's weird to put it in ALL drinking water. costs us money to properly filter it out.

[@johnking6252]

Let's come back in 50 years and see how it works out? oops nevermind?

[@yvonneplant9434]

50 years?

[@johnking6252]

Just a nice round number..... like let's say 1985 🤪

[@jackyogeeah3447]

And... why does who care so much about my teeth? Hmm...

[@BedStuyDOD62]

Guess the dentist will be making that money… they’ll be a lot of folks with snag a tooth

[@Jon_Waz]

100% of doctors and professionals paid well for their positive feedback, fully support whatever claim pays them the best.

[@RoundingThird]

Scores of grifters that never went to medical school or did archeology making money telling you the people that did are lying to you.

[@Jon_Waz]

@RoundingThird trust your government. Don't question anything. Trust what the television tells you to believe. Lick the TV so you know what to do tomorrow. Enjoy your sheephood.

[@buccos2004]

Just floss and brush your teeth and you don't need fluoride in your water, it's not that tough, people.

[@fustigate314159]

Oh, thanks, random internet person! I guess that's settles it.

[@jeffa964]

If you brush your teeth you will be fine lol

[@38NDY]

There are zero studies to support the use of flouride yet the comments are all dismissive of the towns' controversy. I suspect that the use of the word "conservative' triggered everyone.

[@yvonneplant9434]

None of them know any science. That's the problem with their points of view.

[@RoundingThird]

Do you know the history of before and after fluoride? The use of fluoride began when dentists discovered that communities with naturally high levels of fluoride in their water supply had significantly fewer cavities, despite the presence of visible brown stains on their teeth; this led to the first large-scale community water fluoridation trial in Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1945, where researchers found a dramatic decrease in tooth decay among children drinking fluoridated water, establishing fluoride as a preventative measure against cavities and paving the way for widespread adoption of water fluoridation. The opposite will prove true in every town that stops using it. Nobody is triggered by conservatives. Conservatives don't exist anymore. It's all Trump worship or be expelled from your party now. People running with the latest internet trends trigger people.

[@rudyardganuelas6254]

the biden government doesn’t want you to drink bleach. do not comply!

[@38NDY]

@@RoundingThird I used to wholeheartedly support Flouride but have found some of the criticism is legitimate. In Europe it is not used. I disagree with your comment about Trump and feel that your vehemence substantiates my point. I am 100% sure you are not Republican but represent yourself as an expert on conservatism. I am not here to debate politics but to point out how we reach our conclusions.

[@Beannzzzz]

@@38NDYYou and about 3 other people here in this comment section are the only sane ones I have met.

[@linkinpark2380]

I have never used fluoride toothpaste and have never had a cavity all my life. I just brush with a soft bristle tooth brush and filtered water. My parents did the same, no cavities for them either.

[@Beannzzzz]

Exactly these charlatans can’t comprehend the fact

[@MR-ml6fo]

You have good genetics then. Everyone is not that lucky which is why they out it in the water. Are you aware that fluoride is naturally in water? It isn't just something they thought of out of the clear blue.