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Peacetrain

(24,081 posts)
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 12:09 PM Yesterday

Florida, I am sorry you were sold such a bill of goods about fluoride.. your health is at risk

We all know that fluoride helps kids with tooth decay and saves on costs of dental care..

But the one thing that I do not see addressed in all of this get the fluoride out of our water.. is the damage done to older citizens

If fluoride helps with lowering tooth decay.. think how removing it will affects us oldsters who can develop heart disease from the bacteria in our mouths from tooth decay and periodontal disease..

Just think about all the older folks who have moved there and how it could affect their health also..

The inflammation from decay can affect us in so many negative ways..

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/florida-turns-off-the-tap-on-fluoride-what-s-behind-the-sudden-ban/ar-AA1EUH1C

"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a new law banning the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, making the state the second in the nation after Utah to adopt such a statewide prohibition. The bill, signed during a public event in Dade City, is scheduled to take effect on July 1 and will prevent local governments across the state from fluoridating their water supplies."

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Florida, I am sorry you were sold such a bill of goods about fluoride.. your health is at risk (Original Post) Peacetrain Yesterday OP
And the whole world is baffled by such a display of ignorance. Dave Bowman Yesterday #1
I know.. I know Peacetrain Yesterday #2
Many Euro countries do NOT fluoridate the water. EllieBC Yesterday #4
Happened up here too. EllieBC Yesterday #3
So sorry .... did not know that.. Peacetrain Yesterday #5
Unfortunately wellness culture crosses EllieBC Yesterday #6

EllieBC

(3,484 posts)
3. Happened up here too.
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 12:26 PM
Yesterday

A lot of people who should know better fell victim to bullshit. No fluoride in the water in lost of BC including Vancouver.

Peacetrain

(24,081 posts)
5. So sorry .... did not know that..
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 12:27 PM
Yesterday

its like getting vaccinations has suddenly become something bad too.. I do not understand people..

EllieBC

(3,484 posts)
6. Unfortunately wellness culture crosses
Tue Jun 24, 2025, 12:34 PM
Yesterday

political lines and turns a lot of people dumb.

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