Florida and Utah have already removed fluoridation from public water systems. What if the rest of the country follows?
The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts.
The study, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, shows that if all 50 states stopped community water fluoridation programs, kids in the U.S. could expect to develop 25.4 million more cavities within the next five years.
That’s the equivalent of a decayed tooth in 1 out of every 3 children.
The number of cavities would more than double in 10 years, to 53.8 million.
You’re saying lies. Modern studies have shown fluoride in water benefits the poorest children. These are the most vulnerable populations with limited access to dental care (at home and professional).
Stop spreading lies. No it doesn’t fully replace toothpaste, but there is a demonstrable benefit
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6439886/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0300571200000051
With or without fluoridated water, the poorest kids have the worst dental health. Fluoridated water significantly - but only partially - improves dental health for the poorest kids.
Rural kids on private, non-fluoridated wells have sufficient dental health despite no access to fluoridated water. They get the majority of their fluoride the same place you get the bulk of your fluoride: toothpaste.
If we are going to rely on passive fluoridation instead of toothpaste, salt is a superior delivery method. Fluoridated salt is used to reach nearly 100% of the populace in many countries, At most, fluoridated water is only available to about 80% of the US. Fluoridated salt allows higher concentrations of fluoride in saliva with lower total consumption.
We only use fluoridated water to duplicate the original discovery. It’s actually a piss-poor delivery method.
This “limited access” should be pissing you off infinitely more. Anything less than the “access” you are talking about should be considered neglect. Fluoridated water is only beneficial if we are actively neglecting out kids. When we stop neglecting them, fluoridated water serves no purpose.
You’re dying on the “poor kids should have cavities hill” whether or not you realize it. It is shown to work and provide better dental health to the most vulnerable populations. I’m sorry you don’t like the facts or the science behind it.
I’m sorry it’s not a perfect system, but removing it does nothing but harm. Of course we should be providing everyone access to dental and Healthcare. We can have that conversation AND prevent what we have now that’s helping kids from being taken away. You don’t take away what you have before providing the improvement.
Now quit advocating/defending the stances of Trump/Republicans and advocate instead for those that will be suffering.
Fluoridated Salt. Toothpaste. Universal healthcare. I keep throwing out vastly superior options, and you keep coming back to the status quo.
Pivot toward progress. They want to kill off a program. What would you need them to agree to before yoy would be willing to let it go?
Fluoridated water only benefits neglected kids. If we didn’t have neglected kids, we wouldn’t need fluoridated water. What can we do to ensure kids aren’t neglected? Let’s pivot to that. Let’s demand that.
They can get their “win” on something that doesn’t matter, and we can get our win on something that actually does.
Progress. To hell with the status quo.
You are still missing the point.
One the government will not be bringing those things into effect now. And before you say it neither of us will be starting an armed revolution so save that rhetoric, but you are welcome to prove me wrong.
Two, you do not end the safety net before you implement the solution. That will only cause harm.
Three, I can fight to maintain access to something that helps poor children today AND pursue a better solution.
All you’re doing is supporting the rhetoric of the Republicans and advocating to harm children.
We should strive to be better, but we shouldn’t pull away access to our basic social safety nets before we replace them. We should do that only after the better system is in place
You’re still advocating the status quo. You are not advocating the “solution”.
Instead of actively advocating for improvement, you’re actively advocating dragging our feet against Republicans advancing their agenda. You’re advocating slowing their regression. You’re not advocating progress yourself. You’re only trying to slow them down.
You accuse me of missing the point; I assure you, I haven’t. I am very well aware that harm will arise if no alternative is enacted. I am trying to redirect your attention toward superior alternatives, but you seem hell bent on buttressing the status quo rather than seeking improvement. You’re playing a weak defense. You need to go on the offensive.
I don’t know what fantasy land you live in, but there is no way this government will be implementing any progressive reform. Cool dream, but it’s not happening. And they certainly won’t be preemptively enacting it.
Once again I’m all for your progressive solutions. They sound great, but this government will not enact them. Even if they would they will remove the existing system before hand causing harm and suffering.
Harm and suffering you keep supporting for some reason.
What government are you talking about?
This isn’t a federal issue. This is state and local. There are 48 state governments and thousands of county and municipal governments involved in decisions on fluoridated water and public health.
Your heel-dragging approach does not call for improvement, just slowing the regression. You have been exposed to several options in this thread for improvement, by me and several others. You have yet to promote any of them. You are continuing to try to drag your feet rather than promote improvement.
Fluoridated salt is a massive improvement over fluoridated water. Promote fluoridation of salt. Fluoridated toothpaste is a massive improvement over fluoridated water. Promote toothpaste.
For preventing caries, fluoridated water is actually the second worst option, in that it is only marginally better than doing absolutely nothing.
Stop promoting mediocrity. Demand better.
Be glad you live a privileged life and don’t have to live with the suffering and harm of your rhetoric.
I will advocate for the better and protect what we have now too because I actually care about people.