But do a search on RFK/Jr.
The hypocrisy is unbelievable.
My mother would say that fluoride made a huge contribution - certainly from her beloved Crest having fluoride in it in the ‘50s.
Does it need to be in water? I don’t know, once we got fluoridated paste. But it didn’t hurt. Griping about “other issues” can be due to the simple fact of people living much longer on an exponential scale since the ‘40s. Everyone is going to get cancer - if you make it long enough.
Suddenly everyone on FR is a “health nut” paranoid about every single chemical (which everything in the world is).
Enough fluoride in the water young enough and you may lose too many IQ points to figure out that it’s bad.
I certainly disagree with him on most issues, but not everything.
Personally, a lot of these chemical they put in food aren’t allowed in other countries. And the U.S. is the only country that they sell so much HFCS. Think about it: The U.S. is allegedly a wealthier country than Mexico, but a U.S. company, Coke (Although the others too), sells a cheaper, inferior version of their product in the U.S., compared to Mexico, why is that? Companies dump cheaper, known less healthy products, in the U.S.
And where is does the hypocrisy end? Democrats/left used to complain about food additives/what corporations do, now they defend that?
How many Covid jabs did you get?
I think what you are getting at is that Republicans used to trust big corporations and Democrats were more likely to be skeptical of them. Now it has reversed, and many on the right side no longer trust big business. That may or may not be valid, but there you are.
I’m less interested in the question of whether fluoride in drinking water is causing a rise in autism, and FAR more interested in another RFK Jr claim:
- that due to corruption in government, academia and the media, dissenting scientific voices are being suppressed to protect the profits of Big Pharma and Big Food - that we are being deceived.
Witnessing with my own eyes the rampant corruption in so many areas of government - I don’t doubt for a minute that it is true in industries affecting our health.
There is a revolving door between government agencies and the industries they are supposed to be regulating. Government grants corrupt scientific research institutions. Lobbyists bribe politicians. The media are paid whores.
RFK Jr. promised to use his clout as HHS chief to end the corruption and conflicts of interest - end the suppression of dissenting voices an d the media shilling for Big Pharma - allow actual scientific debate.
As for fluoride in the water being bad - or there being poison in our food - it may or may not be true - let the science be heard and let the chips fall where they may.
Bottom line: I don’t want RFK Jr. banning all sorts of things - but that’s not what I hear him saying - what he said on the campaign trail is that dissenting voices are being suppressed and policy does not reflect the true science - he wants to fix that.
That’s what I support - not banning a bunch of stuff.