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The argument for fluoride is very odd. It's like "Well, you wouldn't want people to get CAVITIES would you? It's worth the risk." But there's no one out there saying "Well, you wouldn't want people getting SCURVY would you? Vitamin C in the water supply!"
Why is this one issue powerful enough to involuntarily dose everyone?
edit: jeez, a lot of flouride fans around
the risks have been so incredibly thoroughly tested and found to not exist in a meaningful way. whether you trust science to be able to tell us that is irrelevant. i just wish we had a government that listened to science and data again.
Well, that's kind of my argument. Why not augment the water supply with other things that are beneficial and low risk? Why is it only cavities that get this treatment?
Because it's easy. We enrich lots of stuff for public health. Breakfast cereals have tons of extra nutrients, vitamin d is put in milk, white rice and flour are supplemented to offset the loss compared to whole-grain. It's mostly done in response to lots of children in poverty getting sick.
Ah, but one is able to avoid those types of cereals and milks rather easily. If you live in a city with a florinated water supply, I suppose you could buy only bottled water, but that's significantly harder than avoiding the other product classes.
But there's no reason to avoid them. Flouride in water is safe at the regulated levels and has a measurable impact on dental health, just like enriched milk safely reduced the incidence of rickets in children. If you need pure water you can buy distilled gallons but clean, healthful tap water is a modern marvel.