Public Water Flouridation

[2TH MVR]

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What is your opinion on the movement to discontinue public water flouridation. Please. No politics.

 

[Pablo Sanchez]

What is your opinion on the movement to discontinue public water flouridation. Please. No politics.

Bad for dental public health. Good for business.

 

[TanMan]

What is your opinion on the movement to discontinue public water flouridation. Please. No politics.

Systemic health effects v. effects on caries. I don't support fluoride unless for topical purposes only. I don't think it will increase the rate of caries significantly. Patient's oral hygiene and dietary habits still play a bigger role.

 

[FutureDent020]

Systemic health effects v. effects on caries. I don't support fluoride unless for topical purposes only. I don't think it will increase the rate of caries significantly. Patient's oral hygiene and dietary habits still play a bigger role.

What proven systemic health effects is ~.7 mg/L causing in the population?

 

[TanMan]

What proven systemic health effects is ~.7 mg/L causing in the population?

Who knows what the effects are over a long period of time, but if it's something that I wouldn't want forced onto me, I wouldn't want it forced onto others. It's pretty electronegative and partially cumulative over time.

 

[2TH MVR]

What proven systemic health effects is ~.7 mg/L causing in the population?

There have been some studies linking Fluoride with lower IQ in developing children. Again. I don't have enough information to make a case, but there has been interest in whether or not the public should be forced to have Fl in their drinking water.

 

[mjzccle19701]

There have been some studies linking Fluoride with lower IQ in developing children. Again. I don't have enough information to make a case, but there has been interest in whether or not the public should be forced to have Fl in their drinking water.

I thought those studies showed that this was the case for higher concentrations and not at 0.7 ppm. Anything can be harmful at a high enough concentration.

 

[Life of Pablo]

There have been some studies linking Fluoride with lower IQ in developing children. Again. I don't have enough information to make a case, but there has been interest in whether or not the public should be forced to have Fl in their drinking water.

Finally I have an excuse as to why I am dumb: I drank fluoridated water growing up!

 

[FutureDent020]

There have been some studies linking Fluoride with lower IQ in developing children. Again. I don't have enough information to make a case, but there has been interest in whether or not the public should be forced to have Fl in their drinking water.

About 65% of Americans grow up on and drink fluoridated water. And about 75% of communities have fluoridated water. It is NOT effecting the IQ at the .7 mg/ L. If it was, we would know. That’s ~ 200 million people drinking it and growing up on it.

 

[JacquesVallee]

I thought those studies showed that this was the case for higher concentrations and not at 0.7 ppm. Anything can be harmful at a high enough concentration.

This is my understanding as well.

 

[2TH MVR]

Finally I have an excuse as to why I am dumb: I drank fluoridated water growing up!

I feel the same way lol.

 

[TanMan]

While this is something that may be debatable, just because a concentration of x mg/mL may be regarded as generally safe, is it something that we should force onto people since it could be considered a "public good" or should people be allowed to choose if they want any kind of fluoridation. Before anyone says that most people don't drink tap water, I would assume that most people use it for cooking. This would be an extreme example: I could say that x ppm of lead would be acceptable in drinking water, would I want that in my drinking water? Probably not. Not that anyone would intentionally add lead. I understand that other additives could make water safer, such as chlorine/chlorine by-products from a bacteriological standpoint, but does systemic fluoride really provide the benefits once the teeth have calcified?

 

[mjzccle19701]

Should they force folic acid on the general public too? I’m all for people having a choice but when it doesn’t do any harm and has at least a few benefits then I don’t think there should be a debate about it. If people are that worked up about fluoride in the water then they should go buy a filter.

 

[2TH MVR]

Utah and Florida have banned fluoride in the drinking water.

 

[yappy]

Should they force folic acid on the general public too? I’m all for people having a choice but when it doesn’t do any harm and has at least a few benefits then I don’t think there should be a debate about it. If people are that worked up about fluoride in the water then they should go buy a filter.

Iodine in salt too.