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Originally posted by techweenie
I know some/most of you guys are too young to remember, but in the 50s, the tinfoil hat crowd was convinced fluoride was part of the Commie world domination plot.
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Some people simply thought it was bad for you. And some presented tons of scientific evidence to prove it: that ingesting sodium fluoride, essentially a rat poison, was not only the least effective means of introducing fluoride into one's mouth, but that it accumulated in the bones with serious long-term health effects. In addition, the sodium fluoride most often used in municipal water supplies is a run-off product of the aluminum industry. I've always marveled how this issue has failed to catch on with environmentalists and new-agers.
If people want to "enjoy" the disputable and short-term effects of fluoride (many studies conclude it has no positive effect on dental structures after one's youth, and even this effect is greatly exaggerated) why we can't those people just buy it over the counter (which labels strongly warn one to rinse and spit, not drink!) -- or get a government coupon, if you must. Not sure why we all must be forced to consume it.