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US government report says fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids

A U.S. government report concludes that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children.

apnews.com

 

[craig61a]

 

[karam]

For those not familiar with Gen. Ripper, look up Dr. Strangelove.

Among my top 3 films of all time.

 

[Kobold]

Just one of those “conspiracy theories” coming true yet again…

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

I’ve got real purty teeth.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

It's a damn shame...

 

[FLDRD]

For those not familiar with Gen. Ripper, look up Dr. Strangelove.

US government report says fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids

A U.S. government report concludes that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children.

apnews.com

This has actually been known for decades, just heavily denied via usual propaganda channels.

 

[brian64]

This has actually been known for decades, just heavily denied via usual propaganda channels.

Almost makes me wonder what else we've been lied to about...but the fluoride keeps me blissfully unencumbered by such questions.

 

[Servant King]

the fluoride keeps me blissfully unencumbered by such questions.

Not to mention the prospect of getting cancelled.

 

[renfield]

"..the international Communist conspiricy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids."

My all-time favorite movie.

On the plus side, according to that article, only 0.6% of Americans are on water systems with flouride levels above the referenced amount.

 

[Servant King]

On the plus side, according to that article, only 0.6% of Americans are on water systems with fluoride levels above the referenced amount.

The trouble is, if the person responsible for obtaining these statistics is part of that 0.6%, then the figure has to be taken with a grain of salt (but, blessedly, not a grain of fluoride) since the arithmetic part of their brain may be compromised.

 

[georged]

This type of situation always boils down to "How much good is good enough?"

Like so:

If a company invented a drug that absolutely, positively, no kidding resulted in the taker "morphing" into a prime specimen of perfect health that lived for 200 years, but which also instantly killed some percentage of those who took it, meaning dropped on the spot five seconds after taking the one-time pill, what is the "right" percentage of fatalities for it to be legal?

 

[BingBong]

Fluoride is unnecessary poison. Until fairly recently, it was added to tap water in Birmingham but not London; now it's everywhere. :-/

 

[brian64]

I don't buy the tooth decay prevention stuff...especially when taken internally.

And regardless of alleged "referenced amounts", it may be bio-accumulative over time, as are other substances.

Personally I don't think there was ever any legitimate reason or motive behind adding it to drinking water.

PS: and yes, Dr. Strangelove was one of the greatest movies of all time...and more relevant today than ever.

 

[FLDRD]

I don't buy the tooth decay prevention stuff...especially when taken internally.

And regardless of alleged "referenced amounts", it may be bio-accumulative over time, as are other substances.

Personally I don't think there was ever any legitimate reason or motive behind adding it to drinking water.

PS: and yes, Dr. Strangelove was one of the greatest movies of all time...and more relevant today than ever.

You are correct on those questions of validity. Taken internally it does nothing to prevent tooth decay.

And they don't add "fluoride" to the drinking water, they add Hydrofluorosilicic acid...

However, it WAS very legitimate to get it into the water supply - from the perspective of the fertilizer manufacturing industry (IIRC). Because otherwise they would have to pay loads of $$$$$ for proper disposal of a hazardous / poison product.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

You are correct on those questions of validity. Taken internally it does nothing to prevent tooth decay.

And they don't add "fluoride" to the drinking water, they add Hydrofluorosilicic acid...

However, it WAS very legitimate to get it into the water supply - from the perspective of the fertilizer manufacturing industry (IIRC). Because otherwise they would have to pay loads of $$$$$ for proper disposal of a hazardous / poison product.

We are often fed waste products...

It's a lot like throwing horse apples to the pigs.

 

[huntertrw]

General Ripper said this.

 

[georged]

Fun bit of Dr. Strangelove backstory:

Kubrick couldn't get the always-serious-minded George C. Scott to act as crazy-goofy in the big scene near the end as he wanted, so shut the cameras off and convinced him to run through it over-the-top STUPIDLY-crazy-goofy as possible, as an acting exercise to loosen up and get his mind in the right place, mood-wise. After several dry runs of the scene done that way, Kubrick shouted "Cut!" and called an end to the day's shooting.

Because he actually hadn't shut the cameras off.

It was a set-up he'd arranged with the crew before Scott arrived on set, because Scott intensely hated appearing undignified as a categorical thing, and Kubrick had discovered in previous rehearsals it would be impossible to get him to act "psychologically undone" if he thought there would be a record of it.

Scott got really pissed at Kubrick over the trickery, and stayed pissed at him for the rest of his career.

Slim Pickens was exactly the opposite.

Kubrick had to keep reminding him that the movie was dead serious---the most serious subject imaginable---to keep the yee haw hillbilly vibe that was Pickens' trademark from spoiling HIS character.

 

[BingBong]

We are often fed waste products...

It's a lot like throwing horse apples to the pigs.

It ain't all bad - brewery waste gave us Marmite! Now there's a subject of love/hate to rival Lakeland soap.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

It ain't all bad - brewery waste gave us Marmite! Now there's a subject of love/hate to rival Lakeland soap.

I've never had it, maybe I'll check the grocery store.

I've heard other forum members praise this stuff.