[electricdreams]

What about fluoridation? They still putting rat poison in the water?

[JumpCrisscross]

> What about fluoridation? They still putting rat poison in the water?

Fluoride naturally occurs in groundwater at levels in excess of not only what we add to water but to levels we consider unsafe [1]. Humans have been consuming water with some level of fluoride in it for thousands of years; animals, millions. PFAS, meanwhile, are entirely anthropogenic.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6572649/

[TheAceOfHearts]

The key issue with water fluoridation is that you can't control the dose. There's not really a strong consensus among countries whether it's optimal to add fluoride to drinking water, otherwise it would probably be the default choice everywhere. But we have better modern interventions that are just as effective: school-based dental care!

[Ferret7446]

That's a poor argument. There are many things that can occur naturally in groundwater that you don't want to be drinking.

[tmn]

This type of moving goal post rationalization always occurs on this topic. I can agree with you. And I don’t think added fluoride in my water is going to have any obvious health effect on me. But your points don’t justify why it’s still being added. What they do is rationalize why it’s not going to have any obvious health effects

[llamaimperative]

Yes because, like the available science says that PFAS are dangerous, the available science says that fluoride is not (at the levels its used).

Hope that helps!

[yencabulator]

Meanwhile, every US dentist I see is amazed at my teeth (middle-aged with no cavities) and asks if they use fluoride where I'm from (yes they do).

[o11c]

I like to give analogies to those who think fluoridation is dangerous.

Why do you drink water at all? Don't you know they make nuclear bombs out of hydrogen? Why are you willing to consume nuclear fuel?