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OPINION: Fluoridated water IS about healthy children and teeth!

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RBC I In April you will be asked to vote to continue one of the most successful disease-fighting programs this country has ever experienced. Please VOTE YES on Exhibit A. Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral in soil, it is truly “organic.” The Rangely water treatment plant has updated equipment (installed in the recent remodeling project) to safely add the small amount of fluoride to our water supply necessary to battle the number one most…

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  1. nyscof
    March 9, 2020 at 5:07 am

    Some Mistakes:

    1) Fluoride is not like adding vitamins to food because fluoride is not a nutrient or essential to build decay-free teeth, meaning that consuing a fluoride-free diet will not cause any disease including tooth decay.

    2) Fluoride chemicals added to public water supplies are not naturally occurring. Natural fluoride is generally calcium fluoride which is much less toxic than sodium fluoride or hydrofluosilicic acid, common water fluoride additives which are collected from the smokestacks of phosphate fertilizer factories, trucked as hazardous waste and injected unpurified into public water supplies often by employees wearing hazmats suits. Also, calcium is the antidote for fluoride poisoning.

    3) it’s not true that no studies show adverse health effects from low levels.

    4) There is no doubt that fluoride damages babies’ developing brains concludes a prominent Harvard Brain researcher
    https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/prominent-harvard-researcher-certain-fluoride-is-unsafe-for-childrens-developing-brains-nyscof-301014431.html

  2. Scott L. Tomar, DMD, DrPH
    March 9, 2020 at 11:56 am

    Community water fluoridation benefits adults as well as children. Here are a few peer-reviewed review papers in highly respected scientific journals that reached that conclusion:
    http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/101379/
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/154405910708600504?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%20%200pubmed

    We’ve all seen the misinformation from NYSCOF and James Reeves for many years, which generally follows the typical pattern of fear mongering, trafficking in conspiracy theories, misinterpretation of science, ignoring of conclusions by reputable scientists and scientific organizations, and disease-of-the-month club claims about community water fluoridation.

  3. james Reeves
    March 9, 2020 at 4:26 pm

    Here are reports by five dentists on the dangers of fluoride. There are many more just like them.

    “The evidence that fluoride is more harmful than beneficial is now overwhelming… fluoride may be destroying our bones, our teeth, and our overall health.” – Dr. Hardy Limeback BSc, PhD, DDS, former President of Canadian Association of Dental Research, former head of Preventative Dentistry at the Univ of Toronto, 2006 National Research Council panelist (2007)

    “If teeth are the only reason why you like fluoride, you better come up with a different reason. Fluoride hurts teeth, bones, brain, nerves, etc.” – Michael Taras, DMD, FAGD (2015)
    “When I looked at the research, it was like a knee in the gut. My bias was I thought (fluoridation) was safe and effective because I had not looked at the research.” – Dr. Bill Osmunson, DDS, MPH (2016)

    “Fluorides make the germs in the mouth sick, and they’ll make the kid sick, too.” – Dr. David Kennedy DDS MPH, 3rd generation dentist and past president of IAOMT (2016)

    “Ffluoride a known toxin that most people don’t truly need…especially when its ingested via the water supply,” and concludes that with safer alternatives (like toothpaste) available, it’s just not worth the risk.”
    “I don’t think you don’t need fluoride.”
    Dr. Mark Burhenne, DDS of Sunnyvale, California

  4. Randy Johnson
    March 9, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    The important question everyone who does not have the training and experience to personally locate and evaluate decades of research on complex science-based health issues like fluoridation or vaccination should ask is: Who should be trusted to provide an accurate interpretation of that evidence? There are really only two options:
    1) Accept the conclusions of virtually all science and health organizations in the world that water fluoridation is a safe and effective public health measure for reducing the risk of dental decay and other health problems. Read the references provided in this Guest Post and by Dr. Tomar, Search on Science Organizations that support fluoridation (or health organizations that support fluoridation)

    2) The alternative is to blindly accept the anti-fluoridation opinions that are only believed valid by a handful of alternative “health” organizations like the IAOMT, some activist groups like FAN, nyscof, the CHD (with an anti-vax agenda) and some conspiracy theory fanatics like Alex Jones [INFOWARS], David Icke [Son of the Godhead] and Mike Adams [Natural News]. Extremely strong opinions and vocal arguments can’t hide the lack of legitimate scientific support for the anti-F opinions. Search on science (or health) organizations that oppose fluoridation – and you won’t find any.

    Since anti-science activists have no legitimate scientific evidence to prove their opinions, they employ several tactics to disingenuously manipulate public opinion – these include, Gish Gallop, Fear Mongering and Argumentum ad nauseam.
    https://cyber-nook.com/water/fluoridationInformation-GishGallop.html

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