Efforts to remove fluoride from drinking water make steady progress amid mainstream headwinds

A growing movement to remove fluoride from public drinking water is gaining steam, fueled by modern research and safety concerns.

Everybody has teeth and billions of dollars goes to medical research.  It shouldn’t be difficult to get an answer on fluoride and clearly explain the results.

We know that fluoride is bad.  It can cause neurological problems in kids, spots on teeth and make bones brittle.

We know that fluoride is good, because I grew up with well water, and my teeth were shit.

You can have too much of a good thing.  That’s true for fluoride and most other things that are beneficial.  A research institution should be able to design and conduct a valid study to establish the dosage levels for fluoride.  If that can’t be done, then let’s stop funding medical research.

When the results are in, publish the results clearly.  This many parts per million starts to prevent cavities.  Above this level, no additional protection is provided.  Above this high level, teeth start getting messed up, and if you get to this level, kids start getting stupid.

We also have fluoride toothpaste and fluoride treatments.  Is there fluoride in juice, beer and soft drinks?  Those are made with water, so perhaps.  House plants should get water that has been sitting for a while to allow the chlorine to dissipate.  Does that happen with fluoride?

Articles on fluoridated water are frustrating.  First, there is a long history lesson.  I don’t give a shit about some clever fellow in Colorado Springs.  The historic controversy is covered, leading into the current controversy.  Cut that out.

Do a solid study, then clearly give us the results.  Communities and individuals can do what they want.