Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. admitted that one of the points on his agenda, removing fluoride from water supplies across the nation, would probably cause Americans to get more cavities hence worsening dental health in the United States.
The water isn’t flouridated where I live. There is no particularly remarkable incidence of dental caries in children attributed to the lack of fluoride in drinking water. It might be good in places that are less developed or have poorer access to fluoridated toothpaste.
Loads of developed areas quit putting fluoride in the drinking water a long time ago. It’s mostly anglo nations that still do it. But overall there’s no real difference because in developed nations people have access to fluoridated toothpaste, which is just as effective without the downsides of ingesting it.
And yes, at low dosages there’s no real adverse effects, but in many places in the US the fluoride is put in at several times the recommended rate, at which point you could start seeing negative effects. But solving that incompetence is hard for an idiot like RFK.
The water isn’t flouridated where I live. There is no particularly remarkable incidence of dental caries in children attributed to the lack of fluoride in drinking water. It might be good in places that are less developed or have poorer access to fluoridated toothpaste.
Downvoted for telling the truth.
Loads of developed areas quit putting fluoride in the drinking water a long time ago. It’s mostly anglo nations that still do it. But overall there’s no real difference because in developed nations people have access to fluoridated toothpaste, which is just as effective without the downsides of ingesting it.
And yes, at low dosages there’s no real adverse effects, but in many places in the US the fluoride is put in at several times the recommended rate, at which point you could start seeing negative effects. But solving that incompetence is hard for an idiot like RFK.
Most European countries including Italy, France, Finland, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands, Scotland, Austria, Poland, Hungary and Switzerland do not fluoridate water. The UK still does it but may soon stop, because the NHS found there’s no real health benefits anymore: https://www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/future-benefits-of-water-fluoridation-not-guaranteed-study-shows/