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yardwork

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56. That editorial column (not a research study) is from 2016.
Sat May 3, 2025, 12:24 PM
May 3

It was subsequently debunked.

Nothing is being "suppressed." Like studies looking into any connection between vaccines and autism (another theory I know you worry about), there's been a lot of work studying fluoride.

Worry about other things, like plastics. Tiny microplastics are in our brains, organs, and cells. They may very well be disrupting our bodies' health.

Worry about GMO crops that allow herbicides to be sprayed over thousands of miles of fields, wiping out native plants that feed wildlife.

Worry about climate change, mass extinctions, and all the ways that the Trump administration is making us less safe.

Don't worry about vaccines and fluoride, except that in their absence, our health will get much worse.

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Dangerous to dentists? LiberalArkie May 2025 #1
A dentist told me a decade or two ago DENVERPOPS May 2025 #20
Also the acid in drinks. markodochartaigh May 2025 #25
Well, they were proud to lean into the dumb redneck stereotype. Aristus May 2025 #2
Facts matter! wolfie001 May 2025 #12
fluoride mamacita75 May 2025 #17
Like 8 years ago, I said that social media was going to kill us all. Initech May 2025 #27
This is simply what happens when the extremist lunatics are allowed to take over. hadEnuf May 2025 #3
Hhmmmm ... UpInArms May 2025 #4
So, anybody checked to see how many dentists Paxton has in his family? OldBaldy1701E May 2025 #5
Let's tell the GOP people that Jerry2144 May 2025 #6
If Trump tells them it's safer, they'll go for it. thought crime May 2025 #8
Texas Colgate, now with Mercury for a shining silver smile! Mawspam2 May 2025 #7
The John Birch Society lives on! thought crime May 2025 #9
Yeah, that old JBS chestnut Berlin Expat May 3 #38
looks like repukes have their new shiny object to distract their moronic base Skittles May 2025 #10
So, next will be the milk, then the meats, then the cottage cheese, then bluestarone May 2025 #11
We'll all be bartering when they're through nt wolfie001 May 2025 #13
If your kids are stupid, it ain't the toothpaste, y'all Maeve May 2025 #14
Oh but drinking bleach and ingesting horse dewormer -- just fine!!! Blue Owl May 2025 #15
The John Birch Society 3825-87867 May 2025 #16
I borrowed a library copy of "Dr. Strangelove" for this weekend. n/t Harker May 2025 #18
Is there yet a study... BurnDoubt May 2025 #19
Step-grandfather from Ozarks ... BurnDoubt May 2025 #21
Ears ringing? BidenRocks May 2025 #30
This is really going too far Figarosmom May 2025 #22
First it's the water then the toothpaste Meowmee May 2025 #23
How are Ken's precious bodlily fluids? progressoid May 2025 #24
Stop listening to fucking Alex Jones! That guy is a dipshit loser. Initech May 2025 #26
Once again, republicans joshdawg May 2025 #28
More anti-science to protect Reich Wingers "precious bodily fluids". ref. John Birch Society kooks Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #29
Cigareets, Whiskey and wild, wild wimmens is next, eh, Junior? 3825-87867 May 2025 #31
From a personal standpoint, Bayard May 2025 #32
Texas is in the pocket of Big Denture Renew Deal May 2025 #33
Idiocracy is getting faster to becoming our reality IronLionZion May 2025 #34
*headdesk* sakabatou May 2025 #35
In a legal sense: Aussie105 May 2025 #36
Insanity. Just ask any oral cancer survivor who's trying to save their teeth from radiation what they do every night. sinkingfeeling May 2025 #37
Will the GOP just get this shit over with and declare that the world is flat already? Getting really fucking tired of Karasu May 3 #39
Guys, this is an issue where there is ligitimate debate MadameButterfly May 3 #40
Take this crap somewhere else. yardwork May 3 #42
Link frm a Harvard study MadameButterfly May 3 #50
Page not found at your link. yardwork May 3 #55
It sounds like you are a scientist MadameButterfly May 3 #60
I'm not a scientist. yardwork May 3 #61
We aren't scientists but we are critical thinkers MadameButterfly May 4 #64
You've given me some things to think about. yardwork May 4 #65
Thanks you for taking the time to hear me out MadameButterfly May 5 #66
There are numerous falsehoods in this post. yardwork May 3 #43
some more guidance MadameButterfly May 3 #51
That editorial column (not a research study) is from 2016. yardwork May 3 #56
You don't know what I believe MadameButterfly May 3 #58
You do know that fluoride is naturally occurring and some areas have higher levels than others travelingthrulife May 3 #44
I grew up with fluoridated water MadameButterfly May 3 #53
"This debate exists on both ends of the political spectrum" ms liberty May 3 #45
I mean throughout the political spectrum MadameButterfly May 3 #49
Those dangerous fluorides sneak around your teeth, go to your innocent brains and make you a Commonist. Ping Tung May 3 #41
It is written on the box and on the tube if the toothpaste has fluoride in it. How is that misleading? Botany May 3 #46
The US has little manufacturing. Crest is manufactured in NC. intheflow May 3 #47
How does being an attorney general make one an expert on dentistry? milestogo May 3 #48
Boundless stupidity Old Crank May 3 #52
If the US is a village, Sneederbunk May 3 #54
It's become the Tinfoil Hat State. surfered May 3 #57
Texas is already a banana republic. Martin68 May 3 #59
Toothpaste that's fluoride free is readily available TexasBushwhacker May 3 #62
My body, my choice. COL Mustard May 3 #63
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