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Hello, this post was written for another forum and I apologize if any problems are caused by this. Please look past my user name as it is only relevant to what I thought would be my first/last post on these forums. In addition, please look past the opinionated parts, they were written to try and add some humor/get some responses on the less medical based forum on which I previously posted this on.
I'm not exactly sure what sites I can expect to be respected research article providers but am planning to write to my local senator/other lesser politicians to advocate the use of fluoride in drinking water.
Fluoride was heavily debated in the 1960s because of the paranoid liberal baby boomers that thought fluoride was going to harden they're bones and make them crack (obviously this idiocy was centered in California). However, since water has became being treated with fluoride there has only been positive effects. My father told me that when he was a kid (1960s or 70s) children were expected to have 1 or 2 cavities whenever they visited the dentist. These days however, cavities are rare. I've had one my entire life, and although this isn't a very long period of time, many of my friends have had 0 or only 1 cavities during they're life. Sadly though, my fathers anecdote is not a very strong example to use in a formal letter.
The fact is fluoride in water has only positively effected dental health. For whatever reason (I assume because where I live, Long Island, is mainly populated by liberal minds) my county still does not treat water with fluoride. Although me and my friends are fairly well off and can afford dental care products that cause us to have low cavity counts, raising tax rates put many people (myself included) in financial quandaries that can limit they're ability to spend income on dental care products. I feel that fluoride treatment in water is necessary and should at least be offered (perhaps by a referendum) to my county.
TLDR: I need sources that will be respected in a formal letter that discuss dental care, primarily fluoride treatment in water.
inb4 google.com
I'm not exactly sure what sites I can expect to be respected research article providers but am planning to write to my local senator/other lesser politicians to advocate the use of fluoride in drinking water.
Fluoride was heavily debated in the 1960s because of the paranoid liberal baby boomers that thought fluoride was going to harden they're bones and make them crack (obviously this idiocy was centered in California). However, since water has became being treated with fluoride there has only been positive effects. My father told me that when he was a kid (1960s or 70s) children were expected to have 1 or 2 cavities whenever they visited the dentist. These days however, cavities are rare. I've had one my entire life, and although this isn't a very long period of time, many of my friends have had 0 or only 1 cavities during they're life. Sadly though, my fathers anecdote is not a very strong example to use in a formal letter.
The fact is fluoride in water has only positively effected dental health. For whatever reason (I assume because where I live, Long Island, is mainly populated by liberal minds) my county still does not treat water with fluoride. Although me and my friends are fairly well off and can afford dental care products that cause us to have low cavity counts, raising tax rates put many people (myself included) in financial quandaries that can limit they're ability to spend income on dental care products. I feel that fluoride treatment in water is necessary and should at least be offered (perhaps by a referendum) to my county.
TLDR: I need sources that will be respected in a formal letter that discuss dental care, primarily fluoride treatment in water.
inb4 google.com
