Posted on 10/02/2024 10:38:28 AM PDT by John Semmens
This past August, the National Toxicology Program, of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued a report indicating that there seems to be a connection between higher levels of fluoride exposure and lower IQ in kids. Based on this, US District San Francisco Judge Edward Chen ordered the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) "to take steps to lower the potential risk."
EPA spokesperson Jeff Landis asserted that "adding fluoride to the nation's drinking water was one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century. We doubt whether the few IQ points lost could outweigh all the cavities that have been averted. A person can get along very well being just a bit dumber, but rotten teeth are not as painless of a problem. I believe that the average person would feel appreciative that their government has saved them from the agony and expense of major tooth problems by mandating the fluoride."
Landis brushed aside contentions that the wide availability of fluoride-laced toothpaste makes the mandate unnecessary, saying "depending on voluntary action to prevent tooth decay is unreliable. Kids don't always brush regularly. They may also swallow the toothpaste. Ensuring that everyone has the precisely calculated necessary dosage of fluoride seems the wiser course. The fanatics who don't want fluoride in their water can purchase filtration systems to get it out. Meanwhile, the masses of ordinary people are protected."
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In before General Ripper.
People are living into their 80’s and 90’s...and they’ve all had fluoride in their drinking water.
the dumbing down of USA is not limited to the public school classroom or Ivy League colleges.
it could well include an environmental or chemical toxin or agent, too
McD is famous for using lots of chemical additives, for instance. I am not saying anything is wrong with any one company’s products, only that there’s a ton of added chemicals in our food chain nowadays. Some may be helpful but there are so MANY....some may be harmful?
This is called “running the clock out”…
In grade school they made us do fluoride tooth washes (like mouthwash)
Those studies have already been done.
What is Florida’s impact on IQ?
“We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine gun.”
George Orwell
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