Ten years after Juneau ditched water fluoridation, kids racked up an average of $300/each in extra dental bills

[doctorow]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/01/08/excess-caries.html

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[TobinL]

[unhallowed]

[Radiodiffusion]

Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?

[gracchus]

In topics like this, I’m thankful that the leadership of the John Birch Society barely knows how to turn on one of those newfangled TV-with-a-typewriter gizmos, let alone how to deploy astroturfing trolls.

Also, for the geeks out there:

[reactionabe]

I was eating lunch, but just reading this made me lose my apatite.

[tgarretteaton]

Last I checked, Portland, OR also does not fluoridate… not good.

[generic_name]

Ah HA! This is “too perfect”, and so it just proves how deep the fluoridation plot goes-- they even sabotaged people’s teeth to try and bring fluoridation back!

[Papasan]

“You only have to brush the ones you wanna keep.” My dear ole’ uncle Fritz, he was a keeper.

[Tamsin_Bailey]

Yeah? Of what?

[generic_name]

@Papasan

“ You only have to brush the ones you wanna keep. ”

You can still keep 'em in jar, I suppose.

[theodore604]

In before “but but it calcifies your pineal gland” or some other nonsense. Or am I? haven’t read the comments yet.

[Mangochin]

Damn General Ripper lied to me!

[Papasan]

And brush them too. Yeah.

[spetrovits]

“A town stopped fluoridating its water supply. Here’s what happened to its childrens’ teeth.”

Someone call Chubbyemu.

[mocon]

Or maybe it’s their vaccines that are causing these cavities?

[Boundegar]

No, that’s autism. Fluoride causes communist hive-mind. Get your conspiracies straight!

[generic_name]

In all seriousness, too much fluoride is also bad for teeth-- makes them discolored and in some cases damages them. A friend of mine lives in a town with no fluoridation and he gives his kids these fluoride chewable pills. I don’t know how strong they are, but I think topical application of fluoride is better for you than ingesting it.

[Ratel]

I see step one is complete.

1) Initial conspiracy theory: fluoride is a government plot!
2) Next conspiracy theory: fillings are a government plot!
3) Next conspiracy theory: teeth are a government plot!
4) Next conspiracy theory: your head is a government plot!
5) Major positive political realignment in the US.

[Raoul]

I’m sure they’ll be following up with studies on frequency and seriousness of osteoporosis and other skeletal issues, right?

Or maybe the ADA and ACS won’t pay for those?