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AI Summary:

  • Utah is poised to ban fluoride in public water systems, pending the governor's signature.
  • The bill prohibits adding fluoride to public water and repeals previous related laws.
  • Federal health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has criticized fluoride, influencing the bill.
  • Studies on fluoride’s impact on children's IQ have mixed results, with some showing negative effects and others showing no harm.
  • Major public health groups support fluoridation for dental health benefits.
  • The anti-fluoridation movement has gained popularity post-Covid-19.
  • Similar legislation is proposed in Florida, emphasizing the importance of consent in public health measures.
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

I've seen this parks and rec episode

[–] [email protected] 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (5 children)

Uh, here in Oregon it's already been banned for a long time. This headline is sus.

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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Utah poised to overtake UK as butt of bad teeth jokes.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

EU countries don't add fluoride to the water supply. At least half of the US seems to have cognitive impairment, by the way they vote.

Maybe they're on to something?

/s

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

Dentists in ~~Florida~~ Utah: yesssss thanks for the increased business!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

why florida? i feel i've missed something

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Last bullet point in OPs post:

  • Similar legislation is proposed in Florida, emphasizing the importance of consent in public health measures.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/rcna193651

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

thanks. i'm apparently still high from my saturday night

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I 100% misread the title and thought it was Florida.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

I thought they just misspelled "Florida" myself.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

I mean, it's a pretty safe bet for something like this.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

DōTerra probably also behind this to an extent. Gotta find new ways to sell "essential" oils.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There’s Swig all over the place in Utah… it’s literally liquified sugar. The dentists in that state are going to have an absolutely stellar future as their customers increase.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

I'd agree, but Utah has an excessive glut of dentists. Folk who could be earning half a million annually working three days a week go to Utah and earn 75k.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Up next in Utah, higher dental insurance premiums, copays, and deductibles.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago

Or not even cover it all

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Children's ice cream, Mandrake!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

They're just protecting their precious bodily fluids

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

this is just sad

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Dentists’ wet dream.

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