The argument for putting fluoride in water is for the children. That is the *only* ‘legitimate’ argument for fluoride. Let’s ignore the fact that fluoride has been proven to deteriorate the enamel of teeth in children. Just for a second.
I recently read an incredibly IGNORANT article in ‘The Mercury’, in which, the ONLY arguments presented, were COUNTER arguments. The author of this garbage presented his bullshit in a SEMI articulate fashion. EXCEPT, they forgot to make an argument of their own!
What the fuck is reasonable about this situation? The Mercury didn’t pose a single argument on its own merits, but wanted to counter…counter arguments? Does the Mercury remember that our water is already, NOT POISONED? Do they remember, that the argument being made is to POISON our water, not the other way around? There is no legitimate, scientific argument FOR fluoride. Only half assed arguments against it.
Let’s be intellectually honest. Harvard found children that drink flouride are SIGNIFICANTLY less intelligent via IQ tests. Children that drink flouride have shown significant enamel decay.
Let’s also ignore that if you want the benefits of this BIPRODUCT, that it is readively available in NON-digestive forms via mouthwash, and toothpaste formulas that ARE PROVIDED BY THE STATE TO POOR CHILDREN ALREADY.
What the fuck are you pro-fleuride people all about? Cause to me, you all look like gigantic fucking douchebag sheep. The Mercury should be ashamed of itself.
Let’s also ignore the troll.
“Harvard found…”
lol…
“The Mercury should be ashamed of itself.”
I’m pretty sure that was their statement of purpose at The Founding.
Sometimes reality and satire blur a little too much.
Good letter.
Fleurs de Mal!
Hey irate person, Portland water is already polluted, it’s not
-pure- like your virginity.
I will be SO HAPPY when this vote is over.
People like Anonymous are why the left in this country can’t wipe it’s own ass.
Fuck unity. These people are cancer.
please cite sources when referencing studies.
Smell les fleurs!
Douchebag sheep that live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Please, that Harvard study used MASSIVE amounts of fluoride. Most antis aren’t even using it any more because it’s so ridiculously easy to dispute. And hey! Chlorine is poison, too, and that’s in the water already! Your arguments against adding this safe mineral (based on dozens of peer reviewed studies and endorsed by major dental and public health organizations) to our water chemicals are so full of holes it’s laughable.
After 53 years of fluoridation, Windsor Ontario recently decided to quit the antiquated policy. Thank goodness. Portlanders, stand up against fluoride promoters – Windsor has high numbers of thyroid diseases compared to non-fluoridated Montreal and Health Canada cannot prove that our teeth are any better for it.
Wait, is Portland considering fluoridating its water? I hadn’t heard.
Fluoride is the only drug added in drinking water to treat the body. Those who want to take it can put tablets in their own glass of water and leave the rest of us out of it.
That is freedom of choice, and we would all be happy.
Anti-fluoride people – the creationists of the Left. You don’t believe decades of science, but do believe someone out to sell water filters and non-fluoride toothpaste? (Joseph Mercola)
Fluoridation is not just for children…
A new study out of Australia confirms the finding of many other studies that fluoridation dramatically reduces cavities up to 30%.
“Fluoride in drinking water cuts tooth decay in adults”
“A new study conducted by researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Adelaide, Australia, has produced the strongest evidence yet that fluoride in drinking water provides dental health benefits to adults, even those who had not received fluoridated drinking water as children.”
http://uncnews.unc.edu/content/view/5916/7…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2345670…
“We should ask not are we entitled to impose fluoridation on unwilling people, but are the unwilling people entitled to impose the risks, damage & costs of the failure to fluoridate on the community at large?When we compare the freedoms at stake, the most crucial is surely the one which involves liberation from pain and disease.”
Dr. John Harris, Dept. of Social Ethics and Policy
University of Manchester, UK
Fluoridation is egalitarian access to oral care.
Vote “YES” on 26-151.
@Peggy: So now we’re “imposing damage” by asking that our mountain water stay the same as it’s always been? Sounds a bit Orwellian doesn’t it?
If we can simply look at what happened here in Portland, it clears up everything.
1. A lobby group uses the 2007 OR “Smile Survey” data to declare a “dental crisis” and lobbies City Council ($9000) to fluoridate PDX. City Council obeys 5-0.
2. The 2012 OR Smile Survey comes out proving that not only do we *not* have a dental crisis but our teeth are better than the fluoridated areas in Oregon!
IOW, fluoridation of the water had no positive effect on
preventing cavities.
Note: it took two Freedom of Information Act requests to get the data released before the vote. Someone did not want us to see it!
Before you vote please watch:
http://www.katu.com/news/problemsolver/Bef…
Also, before you vote, think about this: would it even be LEGAL for Voodoo to sell a “Cock-N-Fluoride” doughnut?
Jesus Christ, Todd. Here you have to go and ruin your internet reputation, which you spent so much time cultivating. Really.
^ I was thinking exactly that.
Don’t worry Todd, I’ve sided with damosa before and managed to bounce back. Anti-fluoride can’t be worse than damosa, can it?
I’m personally not capable of caring about the issue anymore. I wouldn’t want to reward either side by voting, for they are Legion.