AI Summary:
- Utah is poised to ban fluoride in public water systems, pending the governor’s signature.
- The bill prohibits adding fluoride to public water and repeals previous related laws.
- Federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized fluoride, influencing the bill.
- Studies on fluoride’s impact on children’s IQ have mixed results, with some showing negative effects and others showing no harm.
- Major public health groups support fluoridation for dental health benefits.
- The anti-fluoridation movement has gained popularity post-Covid-19.
- Similar legislation is proposed in Florida, emphasizing the importance of consent in public health measures.
Dentists in
FloridaUtah: yesssss thanks for the increased business!why florida? i feel i’ve missed something
Last bullet point in OPs post:
- Similar legislation is proposed in Florida, emphasizing the importance of consent in public health measures.
thanks. i’m apparently still high from my saturday night
I 100% misread the title and thought it was Florida.
I thought they just misspelled “Florida” myself.
I mean, it’s a pretty safe bet for something like this.
The Utah dental association was strongly against it. Dentists already make good money and most of them actually care about their patients health.
Dental health is also strongly correlated with cardiovascular disease and other diseases.
Yeah I’m in dental myself (another country), and when anti-fluoride patients come in, we generally sassily remark that we thank them for keeping us in business. Bit of dark humour to see the silver lining in things, I guess?
There have certainly been dental clinics going out of business in the last few years, something quite unheard of - unlike other ‘new businesses’, the success rate of opening a new dental clinic was normally guaranteed (unlike say a new cafe).
If the general population want to remove one of the best public health initiatives, then so be it. We’ll make hay while the sun shines.
Bit of dark humour to see the silver lining in things, I guess?
Silver linings? Is that a dental filling turn of phrase? The joke doesn’t work with composites though. :(
Haha no: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_lining_(idiom)
But still funny in context 🤭
Sorry, I should have been more clear. I’m familiar with the saying, I thought you might be going for the double entendre. :)
They should put lead back into gasoline as well, while they’re at it…and asbestos in a baby powder.
I think I’m well past the point of caring if a bunch of conservative’s teeth fall out.
As for those living there that are smarter than their conservative neighbors, honestly, we’re heading toward a future in this country where you may actually need to move to a blue state to have a decent future. Sorry.
Utah poised to overtake UK as butt of bad teeth jokes.
EU countries don’t add fluoride to the water supply. At least half of the US seems to have cognitive impairment, by the way they vote.
Maybe they’re on to something?
/s
important to note about the “not adding Fluoride” bit: many countries have to remove fluoride from drinking water because there’s too much of it…
We believe that water fluoridation is the single most effective public health measure there is for reducing oral health inequalities and tooth decay rates, especially amongst children.
this is just sad
Want to see what happens when you do this?
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/children-youth/childrens-headline-indicators/contents/indicator-7
Notice the two states with the highest rates of dental decay are Queensland and Northern Territory?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_in_Australia
Yeah, those states didn’t get flouride in their water until around 2012.
Such a coincidence…
It’s also completely silly because many places have naturally fluoridated water!
Yes but what about all the autism. Or mind controlling. Or whatever the hell it is that fluoride is evil for?
Makes you listen to pop music.
Hahaha😂
Conservatives are concerned that the miniscule chance of fluoride reducing children’s IQ is enough to cause children to grow up to be conservatives.
The (d/m)ental decline in the US is real…
Sadly, this is unlikely to lead to the death of people, so it won’t be reverted in a week, but have long lasting effects. I guess it’s not a problem as long as there’s a decent health infrastructure to hold up the increased issues, right?
Uh, yeah. About that last part…
There’s Swig all over the place in Utah… it’s literally liquified sugar. The dentists in that state are going to have an absolutely stellar future as their customers increase.
I’d agree, but Utah has an excessive glut of dentists. Folk who could be earning half a million annually working three days a week go to Utah and earn 75k.
DōTerra probably also behind this to an extent. Gotta find new ways to sell “essential” oils.
fucking DoTerra…and Young Living…and Juvva…and LulaRoe…and MonaVie. and Xooma. and- yeah, i think Utah has a bit of a problem. what the fuck?
In a few years americans will be known for their bad teeth like the English are now
Dan Halen is ecstatic 14 years later
Children’s ice cream, Mandrake!
They’re just protecting their precious bodily fluids
Dentists’ wet dream.
Get some baking soda toothpaste and some fluoride rinse and you’ll be okay.
What’s the point of baking soda toothpaste if you’re going to use fluoride rinse anyway
