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(Wired) Followup January 25th, 1945: the US begins water fluoridation. Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?   (wired.com) divider line 106
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2012-01-25 10:51:44 AM
fluoride trifecta in play
 
2012-01-25 10:53:39 AM
God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural fluids
 
2012-01-25 10:53:59 AM
It's why I, personally, only drink rain water and grain alcohol.
 
2012-01-25 10:55:17 AM
Aside from President Obama, right?
 
2012-01-25 10:55:57 AM
I first became aware of it during the physical act of love.
 
2012-01-25 10:56:46 AM
Leeds: God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural fluids

Then he hung up. We're still trying to figure out the meaning of that last phrase, sir.
 
2012-01-25 10:57:04 AM
It fits in well with my post-war Commie conspiracy.
 
2012-01-25 10:58:07 AM
I'm out of tin foil.

What should I do?
 
2012-01-25 10:58:20 AM
www.h2only.ca

Oh my God you guys Fluorine goes in fluoride and it is TOXIC! It's a dangerous chemical like chlorine which is used in bleach! Would you put anything in your body that was made from chlorine!?
 
2012-01-25 10:58:21 AM
Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake. But I... I do deny them my essence.
 
2012-01-25 10:59:00 AM
What about Moloko Vellocet?

\wait, wrong Kubrick movie
 
2012-01-25 11:00:31 AM
farm3.staticflickr.com
 
2012-01-25 11:00:55 AM
Purity Of Essence
 
2012-01-25 11:01:43 AM
Just drink beer.

or

Invest in a whole-house water filtration unit. I did this nearly 20 years ago, and it has been one of the best investments I've ever made.
 
2012-01-25 11:02:26 AM
RDixon: I'm out of tin foil.

What should I do?


We must not allow... a tin foil gap!
 
2012-01-25 11:03:30 AM
Better Teeth, or Commie Plot?

Neither? Perhaps a way for chemical companies to unload waste chemicals in the name of public health?
 
2012-01-25 11:03:50 AM
www.atomicexpress.net
 
2012-01-25 11:04:30 AM
Mein Furher! I can walk!
 
2012-01-25 11:04:42 AM
Rapmaster2000: [www.h2only.ca image 275x259]

Oh my God you guys Fluorine goes in fluoride and it is TOXIC! It's a dangerous chemical like chlorine which is used in bleach! Would you put anything in your body that was made from chlorine!?


Dihydrogen Monoxide kills thousands of people every year and yet it's everywhere in your home. And no one is doing anything about it!!!

Would you like to know more? (new window)
 
2012-01-25 11:04:55 AM
Archimedes' Principal: Better Teeth, or Commie Plot?

Neither? Perhaps a way for chemical companies to unload waste chemicals in the name of public health?


Waste not, want not.
 
2012-01-25 11:07:06 AM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxrWz9XVvls

/obligatory
 
2012-01-25 11:07:22 AM
Rapmaster2000: [www.h2only.ca image 275x259]

Oh my God you guys Fluorine goes in fluoride and it is TOXIC! It's a dangerous chemical like chlorine which is used in bleach! Would you put anything in your body that was made from chlorine!?


And table salt is made from both sodium and chlorine. Some salt can improve the taste of food, making it a good thing. Ergo you should go and and get plenty of not only chlorine but sodium too!
 
2012-01-25 11:07:39 AM
Not in Wichita, Kansas!
 
2012-01-25 11:09:52 AM
We laugh at your foolishness, subby.

Sincerely yours,
Proctor and Gamble, Inc.
 
2012-01-25 11:12:21 AM
Vlad_the_Inaner: Rapmaster2000: [www.h2only.ca image 275x259]

Oh my God you guys Fluorine goes in fluoride and it is TOXIC! It's a dangerous chemical like chlorine which is used in bleach! Would you put anything in your body that was made from chlorine!?

And table salt is made from both sodium and chlorine. Some salt can improve the taste of food, making it a good thing. Ergo you should go and and get plenty of not only chlorine but sodium too!


Commie.
 
dwg
2012-01-25 11:13:47 AM
Came for the essence, leaving satisfied...
 
2012-01-25 11:14:07 AM
I had an industrial safety instructor in college that though fluoride was some kind of plot. I never got around to bringing in my chemistry text and showing how the reactions take place in the body to strengthen the teeth and is rendered inert by stomach acid and is removed by the kidneys if it enters through a cut in the mouth.

\CSB
 
2012-01-25 11:14:33 AM
I am Gobsmacked at your foolish ways, Yank.


i1180.photobucket.com
 
2012-01-25 11:15:16 AM
Lack of fluoride causes autism.
 
2012-01-25 11:16:37 AM
Rapmaster2000: [www.h2only.ca image 275x259]

Oh my God you guys Fluorine goes in fluoride and it is TOXIC! It's a dangerous chemical like chlorine which is used in bleach! Would you put anything in your body that was made from chlorine!?


29.media.tumblr.com
 
2012-01-25 11:17:02 AM
drb9: Aside from President Obama, right?

That's what they tell me Doc.
 
2012-01-25 11:18:29 AM
gozar_the_destroyer: I had an industrial safety instructor in college that though fluoride was some kind of plot. I never got around to bringing in my chemistry text and showing how the reactions take place in the body to strengthen the teeth and is rendered inert by stomach acid and is removed by the kidneys if it enters through a cut in the mouth.

\CSB


ITS A PLOT. FOR HAPPINESS. SIMILAR TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER. WE SAY STUFF ALL THE TIME AND INTEND FOR IT TO SOUND EVIL> BUT ITS REALLY NOT. ONE OF THE BEST THINGS OF BEING A MASON.
 
2012-01-25 11:19:20 AM
Ah yes, the Americans as Guinea Pigs program. Take a look at people over 55 in the Grand Rapids, MI area. Particularly the NW side, where flouridation began. Very few of them have all their teeth, and a disproportional number of them have less than 6. The dosage was a little high, apparently. Flouride is a very toxic substance, and is entirely 100% unnecessary with proper dental hygiene. Yet in most US cities of any size it is added to the water supply as a matter of course, and nobody is given a choice in the matter apart from not living or working in those communities.
 
2012-01-25 11:20:15 AM
Having lived in a place where most people use well water that isn't fluoridated, and have rotten teeth as a result, I thank God I've spent most of my life in places where the water is fluoridated. Thanks, Communists!
 
2012-01-25 11:20:52 AM
I was pretty sure that Fluoridation would get bigger play in the Tea Party movement.
The FEMA conspiracies and Birtherism are pretty well entrenched; it seemed inevitable.

Alas, it seems Fluoridation is a conspiracy on its deathbed.
 
2012-01-25 11:22:37 AM
s1ugg0: Rapmaster2000: [www.h2only.ca image 275x259]

Oh my God you guys Fluorine goes in fluoride and it is TOXIC! It's a dangerous chemical like chlorine which is used in bleach! Would you put anything in your body that was made from chlorine!?

Dihydrogen Monoxide kills thousands of people every year and yet it's everywhere in your home. And no one is doing anything about it!!!

Would you like to know more? (new window)


Oxygen is the single greatest contributor to fires in the world. Oxygen has contributed to the combustion of more material and personal around the world than all the atomic weapons ever detonated.

Inhalation of oxygen can result in the following symptoms:

May cause breathing difficulty.
Prolonged exposure to high oxygen levels (>75%) can cause central nervous system depression: signs/symptoms can include headache, dizziness, drowsiness, poor coordination, slowed reaction time, slurred speech, giddiness and unconsciousness.
May cause coughing and chest pain.
May cause lung damage.
May cause soreness of the throat.

Would you like to know more? (new window) (new window)
 
2012-01-25 11:23:08 AM
Does fluoride sit on the "commie plot" list above or below Mad Magazine?

www.baanliam.com
 
2012-01-25 11:25:54 AM
Mandrake, in the name of Her Majesty and the Continental Congress come here and feed me this belt, boy!
 
2012-01-25 11:30:39 AM
You do realize it's the wrong fluoride compound that they're using, right?
 
2012-01-25 11:30:57 AM
Balchinian: Ah yes, the Americans as Guinea Pigs program. Take a look at people over 55 in the Grand Rapids, MI area. Particularly the NW side, where flouridation began. Very few of them have all their teeth, and a disproportional number of them have less than 6. The dosage was a little high, apparently. Flouride is a very toxic substance, and is entirely 100% unnecessary with proper dental hygiene. Yet in most US cities of any size it is added to the water supply as a matter of course, and nobody is given a choice in the matter apart from not living or working in those communities.

upload.wikimedia.org
 
2012-01-25 11:32:59 AM
pag1107: Mandrake, in the name of Her Majesty and the Continental Congress come here and feed me this belt, boy!

the Red Coats are coming!
 
2012-01-25 11:33:39 AM
Wow, with all that toxic heavy metal in the water, Americans' teeth must be super solid.

How in the UK could we hope to keep up with those healthy gnashers; we don't have any Fluoride in our water at all!? I bet our rate of cavities and tooth decay is about 100 times greater than in the US!!

media.economist.com

Oh, wait... Well... Never mind.
 
2012-01-25 11:41:14 AM
Turbozutek: Wow, with all that toxic heavy metal in the water, Americans' teeth must be super solid.

How in the UK could we hope to keep up with those healthy gnashers; we don't have any Fluoride in our water at all!? I bet our rate of cavities and tooth decay is about 100 times greater than in the US!!

[media.economist.com image 555x481]

Oh, wait... Well... Never mind.


Diet and other factors come in to play, too.
 
2012-01-25 11:41:31 AM
Ice cream, subby, Children's ice cream.
 
2012-01-25 11:46:20 AM
Turbozutek: Wow, with all that toxic heavy metal in the water, Americans' teeth must be super solid.

How in the UK could we hope to keep up with those healthy gnashers; we don't have any Fluoride in our water at all!? I bet our rate of cavities and tooth decay is about 100 times greater than in the US!!

media.economist.com

Oh, wait... Well... Never mind.


I am not doubting your statistic, but why 12 year olds? Wouldn't 30 to 40 year olds be more relevant.

Would differences in development speed influence this. do factors that hasten or hold back the beginning of puberty also affect when children get their permanent teeth and would such differences still influence the data at age 12?

How was this measured anyway? Did they just measure everyone who actually goes to the dentist, or was that some sort of program that examines all the kids in school? Free health care and mandatory school attendance would affect these figures then.

I am sorry, but without some background on why and how these particular figure were measured I can't really assign them any more meaning than a tired old cliché supported by a screen cap from the Simpsons.
 
2012-01-25 11:46:56 AM
Rapmaster2000: [www.h2only.ca image 275x259]

Oh my God you guys Fluorine goes in fluoride and it is TOXIC! It's a dangerous chemical like chlorine which is used in bleach! Would you put anything in your body that was made from chlorine!?


Dont' be silly. That would be assalt.
 
2012-01-25 11:47:08 AM
Impasse:

Diet and other factors come in to play, too.

Are you accusing the UK of having a better diet than the US?!?
 
2012-01-25 11:47:38 AM
Oh, jeez, it's like they're talking about my dad.

He starts talking about fluoridated water and evil gubment, and I have to leave the room.
 
2012-01-25 11:48:26 AM
Turbozutek: Wow, with all that toxic heavy metal in the water, Americans' teeth must be super solid.

How in the UK could we hope to keep up with those healthy gnashers; we don't have any Fluoride in our water at all!? I bet our rate of cavities and tooth decay is about 100 times greater than in the US!!

[media.economist.com image 555x481]

Oh, wait... Well... Never mind.


There are High concentrations of Flouride found within tea.
 
2012-01-25 11:49:36 AM
Turbozutek: Are you accusing the UK of having a better diet than the US?!?

From a general health standpoint or specific to tooth decay? Presumably one can be a complete fatass but still have decent teeth from regular brushing and not consuming lots of acidic foods.
 
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