[drewbuschhorn]

I've never understood this view. Do you think all the other educated people who look at this issue are thinking "haha, more doop in the water to poison everyone!"?

I personally always choose the highest fluoride toothpaste I can, because the benefits of reduced tooth issues make up for a (if you believe this paper and their pointillism graph) 1.2 pt iq drop.

It always makes me sad how many people think that just because some group is making a decision that affects them, that group is out to get them.

And, before someone says it, no, I'm not opposed to these studies being done occasionally for the sake of conventional wisdom being wrong, but people shouldn't try to make hay off a non-effect.

[alexandercrohde]

I think people are upset (perhaps now rigthly) that fluoride was added to public water supplies and most toothpaste. It's one thing for you to be able to seek out toothpaste. It's another for it to be pushed on everybody.

[drewbuschhorn]

Isn't that the cost of using a public good? I might not like that the municipality cleans waste out of the water (not having it could lead to allergies, right?) or traffic lights (because what if I have to get somewhere fast in an emergency?), but that's the price I pay for living on the grid.

[tehwebguy]

Finally seeing the Squidbillies episode from 2010 in real life