flouride in the water

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so heres the theory (i think) the govt is putting flouride in the water (and toothpaste?) in order to keep the general populace "calm" and "agreeable"

the story is the nazis did this in concentration camps as well, to keep the jews in line (apparently because barbed wire fences, armed guards, starvation and being worked to death werent quite enough)

any more thoughts?
 
I've heard so many conspiracy theories on fluoride. Honestly, I think it's a good thing (at safe levels). According to the American Dental Association, the fluoridation of water was the single most important factor in reducing dental decay in the 2nd half of the 20th century. In the first 30 years after water fluoridation became widely adopted, decay decreased by almost 70%.

I live in a state where well water is common which means that many people aren't exposed to fluoride. I have never seen such horrible teeth in all of my life, and I certainly have never seen so many people in their early 20s losing their teeth. I worked in Chicago's inner city, and the dentition among the residents, who were of a similar (if not lower) socioeconomic status, was seldom an issue. I realize that's anecdotal, but I, for one, think the hype about fluoride being harmful or some sort of conspiracy is silly.
 
I don't avoid the company of women, Mandrake. I do however deny them my essence.
 
Too much fluoride can stain the enamel an ugly grayish color.
 
Quite a few cities in Arizona do not fluoridate the water because of this very suspicion. I can attest that lack of fluoridation does not make people more agreeable, although I hear that coffee helps.

There is fluoride in the toothpaste, and dentists also have little purple pills they can prescribe. So maybe that helps calm things down.
Ack.
 
Katana said:
I've heard so many conspiracy theories on fluoride. Honestly, I think it's a good thing (at safe levels). According to the American Dental Association, the fluoridation of water was the single most important factor in reducing dental decay in the 2nd half of the 20th century. In the first 30 years after water fluoridation became widely adopted, decay decreased by almost 70%.

I live in a state where well water is common which means that many people aren't exposed to fluoride. I have never seen such horrible teeth in all of my life, and I certainly have never seen so many people in their early 20s losing their teeth. I worked in Chicago's inner city, and the dentition among the residents, who were of a similar (if not lower) socioeconomic status, was seldom an issue. I realize that's anecdotal, but I, for one, think the hype about fluoride being harmful or some sort of conspiracy is silly.
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Yeah, it's the aluminium you want to watch out for. Makes the water sparkly. And maybe causes Alzheimer's.....
 
UndercoverElephant said:
Yeah, it's the aluminium you want to watch out for. Makes the water sparkly. And maybe causes Alzheimer's.....
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You know what's another source of aluminum? Deodorant. I think it's specifically the ones that are antiperspirants in addition to just being a deodorant.
 
well then, that must be why i cant remember what happened at that party last weekend
 
Next they'll tell us the Iodine in the salt we eat is to keep us attached to the feeding tube and keep us out of the rabbit hole...lol
 
It IS all a big conspiracy!

My all-time favorite story comes from an extremely bitter election over fluoridation: I was listening to talk radio (it has high entertainment value) when a caller informed the announcer that this WAS all a plan to keep us docile: "You know what's ALREADY in the water? Chlorine! And you know what you get when you mix chlorine and fluoride[sic]? CHLOROFORM!"
 
Elizabeth I said:
My all-time favorite story comes from an extremely bitter election over fluoridation: I was listening to talk radio (it has high entertainment value) when a caller informed the announcer that this WAS all a plan to keep us docile: "You know what's ALREADY in the water? Chlorine! And you know what you get when you mix chlorine and fluoride[sic]? CHLOROFORM!"
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haha, proof that CTers have 0 knowledge of anything
 
Actually, high levels of fluorine can have quite detrimental helth effects.
There is natually occuring high levels of fluorine in quite a few artesian bores in outback Australia, which make them unsafe to drink from long term.
If you do drink from them constantly, (like it's your only drinking water for months or years), you can get quite severe Flurodosis.
This is also why you are not supposed to swallow the fluoride mouth rince, you may be perscribed by your dentist, as the flourine only does good if it's in your teeth, not any other parts of the body.

I very much doubt the "Little Purple Pill" mentioned earlier is a fluorine supliment, as the fluorine will do you no good, in your stomach/bloodstream/bones; Again, it has to penetrate the enamel of the teeth, and the only way to do that is to expose the teeth directly to the fluorine source.
Fluorine in the blood will at best, only make it as far as the core pulp of the tooth, so will not help prevent tooth decay.
 
Katana said:
You know what's another source of aluminum? Deodorant. I think it's specifically the ones that are antiperspirants in addition to just being a deodorant.
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Yep, however i'm not sure how much gets absorbed through the skin. I'm allergic to every deodorant i've ever tried (even hypoallogenic ones) so I guess I'm safe from this issue.
 
Oldpossum said:
I very much doubt the "Little Purple Pill" mentioned earlier is a fluorine supliment, as the fluorine will do you no good, in your stomach/bloodstream/bones;
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Not sure if it's the same thing, but I remember when I was a kid at the dentist (maybe at school, I forget) they gave you a pill but you weren't supposed to swallow it. You smeared it around on your teeth. The purple coloring was to make sure you got all the teeth covered.

This would've been in the early-mid 70's.
 
i think those were just to make sure you brushed your teeth right (you could see where you didnt brush because they were still purple)
 
defaultdotxbe said:
i think those were just to make sure you brushed your teeth right (you could see where you didnt brush because they were still purple)
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Yeah, that was my second thought (probably why I remember it might have been in a classroom too). It was a long time ago....
 
kevin said:
Yep, however i'm not sure how much gets absorbed through the skin. I'm allergic to every deodorant i've ever tried (even hypoallogenic ones) so I guess I'm safe from this issue.
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Most deodorants give me a rash too. Most deodarants/anti-perspirents have aluminium compounds as the active ingredient. It seems to me that all the ones with aluminium compounds give me a rash, so I avoid those ones.

The ones without aluminium compounds often don't work though.

Note, I don't know enough about the issues to conclude that I am allergic to aluminium in deodarants or why it might be the case. This is all just from personal experience.
 
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