Flourine is toxic waste. They were looking for something to do with it. They learned about flourine rinses and flouride in toothpaste and said, hey, maybe this would be good for people’s teeth, if we just started putting it in the water. And, apparently, it is (depending on who you ask). But that’s not why they got interested in it. They got interested in it because they had these huge tanks of toxic waste, and they were trying to figure out what to do with it.
Dude I literally sent you a whole article with the history behind it, comparison of dental health over time in the US where the water is fluoridated vs Europe where it is not, all that stuff. Where in that article or anywhere in my comment did you see the logic “it’s bad at high doses so that must mean it’s harmful at small doses”?
Sure, but that’s not the case the original poster makes – yours is an example of a convincing hypothesis. The original one might as well say “ooooo scary chemicals!”
Yeah so you need to go back and reply to the original commenter or something, instead of to my post adding truthful content lol. I wasn’t doubling down on the meme. I was saying that unlike any of your other examples similar to the meme, there are qualified people who criticize water flouridation.
I mean they have a point on this one.
Flourine is toxic waste. They were looking for something to do with it. They learned about flourine rinses and flouride in toothpaste and said, hey, maybe this would be good for people’s teeth, if we just started putting it in the water. And, apparently, it is (depending on who you ask). But that’s not why they got interested in it. They got interested in it because they had these huge tanks of toxic waste, and they were trying to figure out what to do with it.
https://origins.osu.edu/article/toxic-treatment-fluorides-transformation-industrial-waste-public-health-miracle
The dose determines the poison.
Dude I literally sent you a whole article with the history behind it, comparison of dental health over time in the US where the water is fluoridated vs Europe where it is not, all that stuff. Where in that article or anywhere in my comment did you see the logic “it’s bad at high doses so that must mean it’s harmful at small doses”?
Sure, but that’s not the case the original poster makes – yours is an example of a convincing hypothesis. The original one might as well say “ooooo scary chemicals!”
Yeah so you need to go back and reply to the original commenter or something, instead of to my post adding truthful content lol. I wasn’t doubling down on the meme. I was saying that unlike any of your other examples similar to the meme, there are qualified people who criticize water flouridation.
Edit: What the fuck have I got myself into 🥲
The original one is also factual – fluoride will eat holes in concrete.
Fair enough. I edited it to say “truthful” instead. I will now seek to exit my involvement in these comments.