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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

dihydrogen monoxide is also dangerous, we must ban it as well

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

This post written by Big Fluoride.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Nah trust me bro.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

I believe the objection to fluoride is that it is a tranquilizer that keeps us from achieving glory through violent uprising... or sweet sweet dentist profits.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

This is a conspiracy by fluoridians.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Thats what the fluoridiots say.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 hours ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

fluorida man strikes again

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Shawty had them blackened-out teeth (teeth)
Tooths with the fur (with the fur)
The whole clinic was looking at her
She hit the fluor (she hit the fluor)
Next thing you know
Shawty's teeth got glow, glow, glow, glow, glow, glow, glow

Artist: Fluo Rida
Song: Glow

Edit: formatting

[–] [email protected] 25 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah but I read an article on a bullshit website. I think some no name website knows more than a toxicologist

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Why is some dumb scientist expert trying to tell me, a person who pays for an internet connection, what the truth is?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago

Because something something shill money.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (3 children)

Toxicity is a big word. What about small long term effects?

Lithium is prohibited in eu outside of psychiatric therapy, too. But it might be an essential nutrient (small doses).

My trust into the official narrative is limited.

Edit: as the tobacco interest group has proven studies and scientific evidence can be bought. Don’t know why y’all are reacting so allergic

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 hours ago

You don't need to place any trust in any narrative, there are scientific studies on the topic.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

You're replacing the word science with "narrative" because that's what your far right deep state overlords have told you to do. Wake up sheeple!

However you described toxicity as a big word, so I doubt you are....a thinker.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That’s a bit much extrapolation from the few things I’ve written

[–] [email protected] 1 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

Yep

However to give you the benefit of the doubt I went through your comment history just now

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/14936739

Yep, you're a red-state-pilled alt righter or something in that vein. First impressions ✅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

“Essential” is a bigger word than “toxicity”.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Back when I was in college, people didn't like fluoride because it calcifies the pinneal gland. I assume that rhetoric has only been further exaggerated over the years

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Another point that conspiracy bros will bring up is that fluoride is a toxic byproduct of aluminum manufacture and dumping it into the water supply is a cheap way for Alcoa to dispose of it benevolently.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Honestly it really is sad, we have so many more uses for it

Every atom of fluoride going into our water is another atom that can’t go into chlorine trifluoride production. Putting it into the water is a huge sacrifice we make for the health of society.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

Real men make chlorine pentafluoride anyway. We have no use for pathetic hypergolic oxidisers with only three fluorine atoms.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Weird. The only argument I heard, and successfully made it to policy in my area is that it costs tax money and takes away choice. All thus smart stuff is for those damn yankees.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 27 minutes ago

They have a choice, they can drink bottled water or well water.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

It does do this. However so does ageing, low sunlight exposure, low altitude, ethnicity, sex, nutrition, neuro-divergence, cell phone use, EM fields... you get the idea.

[–] JasonDJ 8 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Don't forget the gravitational pull of Betelgeuse. In a very, very small way, that also effects calcification of the pineal gland.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

(Don't give them ideas...)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Does fluoride-enhanced water actually do this, though? Or just pure fluoride? Yes, pure fluoride has an effect, but I always thought the miniscule amount in our water is not enough to actually make a difference to the natural calcification of our pineal gland, anyways.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

From what I have read studies do not show it, however it is believed it does happen because, when the data in those studies is extrapolated for 60+ years, it shows that it should contribute to it, at least

So, yeah, seems too, but it really isn't a factor worth worrying about

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