Posted on 11/17/2024 10:48:18 AM PST by dennisw
A shift in the debate over fluoride. It occurred as trust in the nation’s public health system eroded during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reflects growing public concern over the toxins and substances that accumulate in our body, like microplastics and the “forever chemicals” known as PFAS.
For much of that time, the town of Yorktown, in Westchester County, drank unfluoridated water. By the time the new fluoridation system was up and running in August 2024, the town supervisor, Ed Lachterman, had detected a shift in public opinion.
He had grown accustomed to hearing from people who insisted that Yorktown’s water remain fluoridated. “It was, ‘fluoride, fluoride, fluoride,’” he recalled. But in the intervening years, his constituents seemed far more wary, voicing concerns about fluoridated water’s effect on the brain or framing it as an issue of autonomy — “my body, my choice,” he recalled.
A month after resuming fluoridation, Mr. Lachterman reversed course, suspending it in September. He cited an unexpected development: A federal judge in San Francisco had just concluded that fluoride, long known to be toxic at high levels, “poses an unreasonable risk of reduced I.Q. in children” even in amounts close to what is typically added to the nation’s drinking water. The judge ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to do something about it.
His ruling followed a report released in August by the National Toxicology Program, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, that concluded “with moderate confidence” that higher fluoride exposures “are consistently associated with lower I.Q. in children.”
The judicial ruling was a surprising development in the nation’s running debate over the virtues and perils of adding fluoride to our water supply, a controversy that over 80 years has veered across a lot of territory — from public health to conspiracy theories.
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https://twitter.com/VigilantFox/status/1839321079258533895
Fluoride in Water Poses “Unreasonable Risk” to Children, Federal Judge Rules
The “conspiracy theorists” were right again.
Judge Edward Chen has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) MUST take action on water fluoridation.
He found that fluoride poses an “unreasonable risk” of reducing IQ in children, especially for pregnant women and young kids, at the current levels.
He dismissed the EPA’s argument that it’s unclear exactly how much fluoride is dangerous and instead pointed to scientific evidence showing that even the so-called “optimal” level for dental health (0.7 mg/L) could be harmful.
This decision could potentially lead to the end of water fluoridation in the U.S. and is a significant blow to the EPA, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and groups like the American Dental Association (ADA), who have long defended the practice.
This is a huge win and another step forward to Make America Healthy Again (MAHA).
https://twitter.com/wideawake_media/status/1858102647661658456
*********** VIDEO here with RFK Jr. and Tucker Carslon on water fluoridation *********
RFK Jr: “The Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water.”
“Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.”
“Fluoride was put in the water in the 1940s... to stop tooth decay, but now it’s recognised that most of our mouthwashes and toothpastes have fluoride in them, and you don’t need fluoride in the water.”
“It’s a very inefficient way of preventing tooth decay because you’re getting it in people’s blood. And as it turns out, fluoride is very, very dangerous. It causes IQ loss... It causes dramatic IQ loss in children, and particularly in unborn fetuses.”
“It also calcifies the pineal gland of the human brain, which is the part of our brain that actually creates our spiritual feelings.”
“One of the easiest things you can do to start restoring American health is just get the fluoride out of the water. You’re gonna have higher IQ children. You’re gonna have less bone cancer.”
Someone owes the Birchers an apology.
People can take as much Ozempic as they want in the coming years. So why all the pro-Ozempic hysteria? RFK Jr will not be banning this drug or stopping those who advocate for it.
I am hopeful RFK Jr can ban all water fluoridation. Seriously! It is poisoning our bodily fluids...... Someone owes the John Birchers an apology. Who were also the originals on "Get the US out of the UN and get the UN out of the US" ---- Birchers put up highway billboards with this slogan.
If a child swallows tooth paste while brushing, the packaging indicates to contact the poison control center.
What type of floride is used in drinking water?
Our smarty pants leaders can't apologize for their disastrous policies; that almost never happens.
In the 1940s science said it looked like fluoride was OK in public water supplies. In the last 80 years science has learned new things and has reevaluated past beliefs.
Except smarty pants leaders will never admit the need to reevaluate their deeply held fluoride religious beliefs. It would make them look bad.
Did I mention that women want my “essence”?
I thought it meant “Peace on Earth?” :)
Maybe a conspiracy theory that isn’t true, don’t know.
The reason I ask what floride is used in drinking water is because from what I remember, it’s not even the right type (ideal) for teeth.
It’s basically a waste product from the aluminum industry which instead of costly disposal is sold and paid for with tax money.
I wonder what his take is on eco-toxins?
“Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with ... IQ loss”
Could explain the widespread lack of knowing how bad fluoride is.
I suggest that most Americans consume very little tap water in 2024.
For a miniscule amount of fluoride actually consumed by the target population, we treat bazillions of gallons used for showers, toilets, lawns, dish washing, laundry, etc. This is not efficient.
Correct answer.
I did a research paper on this topic decades ago when I was in college.
I learned all about the aluminum industry lobbying on this stuff.
They bribed everyone in sight.
General Jack D. Ripper: Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Well, no, I can’t say I have.
General Jack D. Ripper: Vodka. That’s what they drink, isn’t it? Never water.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Well, I believe that’s what they drink, Jack. Yes.
General Jack D. Ripper: On no account will a Commie ever drink water and not without good reason.
We never had it in NJ.
"... concluded “with moderate confidence” that higher fluoride exposures “are consistently associated with lower I.Q. in children [??? emphasis added]."
First, regardless if the feds are run by pro-MAGA or Democrats, it remains that the feds have no official, constitutionally-based opinion on the effects of fluoride.
"State inspection laws, health laws [all emphases added], and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, &c. are not within the power granted to Congress” —Gibbons v. Ogden, 1824.
"From the accepted doctrine that the United States is a government of delegated powers, it follows that those not expressly granted, or reasonably to be implied from such as are conferred, are reserved to the states, or to the people. To forestall any suggestion to the contrary, the Tenth Amendment was adopted. The same proposition, otherwise stated, is that powers not granted are prohibited." —United States v. Butler, 1936.
In other words, what are popularly elected (ahem) state healthcare officials saying about the effects of fluoride on school children?
Next, are lower IQs in children possibly a consequence of either fluoride, or public school indoctrination (unconstitutional federal funding), or both?
hydrofluorosilicic acid
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