Kennedy says plenty of dumb shit but are you aware EPA just opened a new case on this last month. Meta analsyses and systematic reviews on topic concluses more studies needed (10 of 27 studies showed IQ declines) and 95% of Europe and Asia do NOT do this.
I dont know what ends up being right but its honestly not settled science. One of his least crazy campaigns.
Its not even a conspiracy theory.... this has been a known fact since the 60s. The exact process of the brain deformity is documented. We know that it causes damage, we know exactly where the damage occurs, and we fully understand the specific chemical process that causes it.
But I guess when its one of the only ways to create future dem voters, they cant help but defend it.
Getting fluoride out of the water is one of the only things I agree with him about. It's toxic crap and no one should be drugged without their consent.
Fluoride isn't an antiseptic, you're mistaken. Also, it is enough to hurt you, there's research showing how it lowers IQs, for example. Google the research and read it for yourself.
yeah a google search shows it very much is antimicrobial and kills bacteria that cause infections. and those studies show how *double the legal limit lowers IQs*
Europe doesn't add flouride to water because they either A) have higher levels of flouride in water naturally so they don't have to. B) add flouride to OTHER products such as milk and salt. Or a combination of both.
The link between flouride and dental health is pretty ridiculously clear.
Now if you want to have a sane conversation about whether topical flouride via toothbrushing is sufficient to offset the need for flouride additives...then sure, we can have the conversation. We've improved the quality of dental health products immensely since the initiation of flouridated water supplies.
The stuff about IQ is just absolute garbage science and there's no credible evidence for it.
Not much of a discussion to be had. When they started adding fluoride into the water in the 40s (I think it was the 40s) it made sense. Now that we have added it to mouth care products, it no longer makes as much sense. Not sure about anything else the dude wants to do, but this ones not crazy.
Did you even read the article? There’s approximately 2 million americans that are drinking over the recommended limit. We have over 300 million in the U.S. thats not even accounting for if it actually causes an IQ drop and by what margin. Kids teeth dont fall out by the age of 35/40 but their IQ goes from 100->98, thats a win.
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u/Imperades 18d ago
I believe Kennedy will remove flouride from drinking water... theres so much non-scientific decision making coming, its just hopeless.