On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Von Fugal <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's worse that you think. Do you realize that in addition to >> fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, >> flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream.
I'll bite. Fluoride is toxic. Read the warning label (which the FDA now requires) on a tube of toothpaste sometime. Does fluoride help prevent tooth decay? Yes. Do unsafe levels of fluoride cause brittle bones (and very high doses can even cause death in small children)? Yes. I drink a gallon of water a day. So how about I be granted the chance by our magnanimous government to choose if I want to swallow a toxic substance. Too much to ask? Applying a safe amount of fluoride to my teeth topically, and then spitting the excess out when I'm done is good. Being forced to swallow a powerful insecticide every time I feel thirsty is bad. I find it curious that progressives/statists are outraged that a corporation like McDonald's provides parents an opt-in choice to feed their children a high-calorie/high-salt/high-trans fat meal (while certainly a poor nutritional choice (*** DING, DING, DING *** -- key word of the day is CHOICE), it's not potentially lethal), but they're totally cool with the state fluoridating the drinking water supply and forcing all citizens to drink a known-to-be-dangerous toxic substance. Nice. Progressives blow. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
