Oh boy. Faux News are at it again.

Fox news is late.


Infowars did this months ago.

Is there any real proof that fluoridation is good?
I know nothing on the subject, enlighten me.

its not toxic in low amounts

it takes a shit load to hurt you.

but no where near that amount is in the water.

Fox is shit

international communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids

>>738836
Oh wow, its already off their main page. Some story about a sex offender took its place.

>>738847
there is fluoride in tooth paste to help prevent tooth decay, and thus if they put it in the water, it should help too

>>738865

Obviously. Obama's done it again...

That article made that anti-fluoride guy look like an idiot. Not sure what OPs problem is.

>>738874

Flouride is good when it is not ingested.

That's why they tell you to rinse your mouth after brushing.

When it is ingested, it causes neurological problems and lowers intelligence. It also weakens the bones.

>>738973

Requesting the study done that states this, and any relevant peer reviews. It would also be nice if you could outline dosages relevant to those ailments, and the average dosage, or how many parts fluoride, is in a standard cup of tap water.

I'm in New York
we have the cleanest drinking water

[spoiler]and yet every bitch and her grandma buys bottled water[/spoiler]

>>739006
http://www.mbschachter.com/dangers_of_fluoride_and_fluorida.htm

>>739006
http://thyroid.about.com/cs/toxicchemicalsan/a/flouride.htm

http://naturaldentistry.us/1378/the-dangers-of-fluoride/

http://www.relfe.com/07/fluoride_drug_dangers.html

>>739006
http://www.fluoride-osteosarcoma-law.com/dangers_fluoride.html

>>739006

http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/35047288/Fluoride-Benefits-and-Dangers

>>739021
>>739036
>>739040
how about credible sources

I think the anti-fluoride group is secretly being funded by dentists out to make more money from cavity-riddled patients!

I don't really disagree with fluoridated water, however, I think that it's kind of unnecessary and it obviously causes huge butthurt from various people. I don't think anyone would complain if the was was reverted back to normal, but they do complain when it's flouridated.

What they should do is to just have lots of flouride in mouthwash. You aren't supposed to swallow that anyway and so there is practically officially zero room to complain about side effects.

Inb4 someone points out that there is already fluoridated mouthwash; I use it myself. I'm just saying it'd be a good thing if they all had it. It's not a necessity but it's a better avenue to get fluoride on teeth than just putting it in the water.

If people didn't care enough about dental hygeine to mouthwash often anyway, then a little extra flouride should be an even more minor issue for them since it has to do with something that isn't mega important to them in the first place.

But hey, people love to complain and be faggots if it means that they get to feel important/have a cause, stand on a soapbox and shout et cetera.

>>739063
just posted a britannica one.

Quite a few of those sources are from doctors, you know, those guys who spend a decade in school studying medicine and have to continue their education periodically?

>>739021
>>739036
>>739040
Ask for peer reviewed sources, get random websites.

Thank you /sci/, thank you.

Wow, hasn't filtered and bottled water been labeled a cause of the recent rise in cavities among Americans? Fluoride helps protect your teeth. Faux News really fucked the pooch on this story (that is, not to say that they don't do this with every story).

fluoride fucks up your teeth by reducing enamel, on the plus side you get no cavities

>>739088
>>739092
cavities mind

>>739085
if you're that anal, search them up yourself nigger.

With cheap and ubiquitous toothbrushes and fluoridated toothpaste, what exactly is the benefit of fluoridating our water?

inb4 the terrible BUT SOME WATER IS NATURALLY FLUORIDATED HERP. yes, and some water naturally has high concentrations of lead, arsenic, mercury, etc etc

>>739101
>"A holistic and comprehensive approach to health care since 1974."
>"A holistic... approach."
>"holistic"
­
I rest my case.

>>739122

http://www.britannica.com/bps/additionalcontent/18/35047288/Fluoride-Benefits-and-Dangers

>>739122
>i don't know what that term means

>>739136
Dental flourosis, how horrible.

>>739145
Holistic Medicine/ Homeopathy, read: bullshit.

>>739165
>I still don't know what that term means.

>>739169
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/alternative-medicine/PN00001

Its basically just some made up shit, with no evidence to back up its ridiculous claims.

>>739169

also this http://goo.gl/ddQ7

It's not harmful but it's not helpful either.

>>739209
on the article that he himself posted (Encyclopedia Britannica) there was a documented decrease in the number of cavities within the us population after fluoride was introduced into the water. How exactly is that not helpful?

>>738847
Flourine is only harmful in its pure form. Sodium chloride, the form in which it is consumed in our toothpaste and water, is harmless.

>>739238
it fucks up your teeth in a different sort of way

This type of quackery irritates me on so many levels. It scares people out of beneficial practices, putting them at risk of further health problems. I wish the media would leave health concerns to health professionals.

>>739266

You can't even trust health professionals. Every mediocre doctor looking to sell a book will spew all the misinformation they need to sell paper.

>>739248

If it does, it's required in large doses. Doses too large to be gained through drinking the average amount of tap water every day, or simply rinsing your mouth out after brushing your teeth.

The claims that the Government is somehow trying to kill you all with fluoride is ridiculous, and unsubstantiated. Does fluoride have adverse affects? Yes. In HIGH doses. Doses unobtainable by the average person going about his average day. Do the benefits outweigh the almost nonexistent problems that you simply will not get in your average day? Yes.

Britain has had this in its water for years and no one is yet to die or turn in to some monster.

tl;dr, America, grow up.

>>739238
Thats not really a good example. We have no way of knowing it was the flouride that was actually helping because all of the variables. Coulda been an after school special convincing children and parents alike to brush and floss more often that saved all those teethies.
Basically the problem with that statement is the same as the problem with the statement "the dissaperance of pirates has caused global warming". Pirates may have reduced in numbers at the same time CO2 levels increased, but that does not necessarily mean the two things are related.

A big middle finger bump from page 15 to all the magnet threads

>>739453 correlation != causation
fix'd 4 u

"Fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face."

>the scientist they interviewed "can't explain" certain things
just like those bastards can't explain how magnets work

>>738836

>Outerbridge remains unimpressed, calling vaccines “mass-medication.” “Fundamentally,” he said. “I have a problem adding any form of medication to children's blood. I feel medical decisions should remain between individuals and their doctors. What’s good for one person is not good for another.”

Fixed for stupidity.

>>738864
>>738836
>>738845
furthermore, magnets, how the fuck do they work?!

Now to stupidize some comments

>As someone famous used to say, Let me say this about that. Listen up folks. Yeast extract is a waste product of the brewing industry. Instead of their paying to clean up their mess, they sell Marmite for BIG BUCKS. Sue them.

>>738836
name one molecule or compound in your body that has a fluorine in it?

>>738973

Early last year I stopped thoroughly rinsing my mouth after brushing. Does this mean I've become less intelligent?

>>741139
>And even stranger, Hitler did many studies on the effects of fluoride inside the concentration camps

Oh lawdy

>>741139
Aren't any. But it does prevent tooth decay.

Of course, if people weren't such retards as a whole, they'd take care of their teeth by themselves instead of water having to be fluoridated.

>Why do we have so many 'new' diseases in the last 50 years? We have to look at the drugs, vaccinations, fluoride and many other products that have been programmed into us as being 'safe'.
>'new diseases'
>Implying obesity and smoking are less important fluoride or vaccines

Could you possibly...I don't know...use magnets to test water for this shit?

>Europe has rejected fluoridation and is now 98% fluoride free, and their decay rate is better than any fluoridated country. They and most of the world caught on to this fluoridation hoax years ago. Adding fluoride to drinking water is an absolute waste of money

What is this? An Americunt, commending Britain (we're part of the EU Damnit!) on its dental hygeine? I guess I can die knowing that I've seen everything now.