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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:49 PM Original message |
Fairbanks could decide Monday to ban fluoride in drinking water |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought most schools have flouride treatment programs? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Schools haven't had fluoride treatment programs in over 20 years |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
2. jesus h christ are these people stupid... |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
29. Youbetcha! |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fluoride is a natural occurring compound and is needed by the body. |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. The Fluoride Industry |
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loudsue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
27. Plus it screws up people's endochrine systems, and has linked in studies to massive hypothyroidism |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:33 AM Response to Reply #14 |
42. ZOMG! Not the almighty, multi-trillion dollar fluoride industry! |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
25. Arsenic is a natural occurring compound. That isnt a criteria. I have heard that |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
44. You are correct -- "natural" alone isn't an adequate criterion. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. I think you meant #34 in lieu of #46 but I figured it out. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ice cream |
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winstars (405 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Nice One!!!! nt |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. so is Fairbanks run by the John Birch Society? |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
6. A friend of mine grew up in rural Indiana without Fluoride. Her teeth have no ridges. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. I have a friend who lost all of her teeth by age 35 |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 12:41 AM Response to Reply #6 |
28. My sister's teeth are straitght and white. My brother's are crooked and yellow. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Water should be pure |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. That is totally not true in the least. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. I really don't think it's too much to ask |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. No. And municipal water isn't anyway. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Clean water shouldn't be a privilege of the rich only |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
48. Ugh, pipes? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #19 |
53. All those pipes between the water plant and your home. |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
35. You can always drill your own well -- the "small government" solution. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:40 AM Response to Reply #11 |
45. You don't want to drink distilled water anyhow. |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
61. Sorry distilled is the wrong word |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:54 AM Response to Reply #7 |
34. Total bullshit. The amount of fluoride added to water is usually ~1 ppm. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
46. That's not true |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 09:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Job security for dentists. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:01 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. I thought the same thing! nt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
15. This country is descending straight to the Dark Ages, drowining in Woo. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
36. Science is no longer treated as science. |
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whoneedstickets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
16. Free Tinfoil hat day is next week! |
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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. precious bodily fluids, Mandrake. n/t |
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kickysnana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
18. I found out I am allergic because of a fluoride rinse the dentist gave me a few years ago... |
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Kalun D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:27 AM Response to Reply #18 |
33. Your Not Allergic |
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eppur_se_muova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Read the label on those rinses -- they contain a whole lot of crap *besides* fluoride. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
20. OMG teh stupid |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
23. why ? |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
24. The John Birch Society may have been correct. I have heard that fluoride in the |
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LetTimmySmoke (970 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-24-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. Water flouridation is a communist plot... |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
31. Calgary voted in February to eliminate it from their water. |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
32. People should be better educated about what causes cavities in the |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
41. And here's a dirty little secret |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #41 |
50. There is no "fluoride industry" |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:24 AM Response to Reply #50 |
55. "There is no 'fluoride industry'." |
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octopi23 (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. Directing links to woo sites? |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. I have read that salt water is a really great mouth rinse for |
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Liquorice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
59. Xylitol will kill the bacteria over time and spare the good bacteria. |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:11 AM Response to Original message |
37. Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water? |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
39. I wish our city would do that. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. Fluoride has no taste. If it tastes like a swimming pool, that is chlorine. |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:58 AM Response to Reply #43 |
49. You're right. |
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NutmegYankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:05 AM Response to Reply #49 |
51. No problem. |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:07 AM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Chlorine is added to counter bacterial growth in long distribution lines |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:22 AM Response to Original message |
40. i see we have some alex jones type "fluoride is an evil trick by the gummint" folks on this thread.. |
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WatsonT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
47. And in a few years when cavity rates spike they'll blame it on vaccinations |
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AlecBGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
56. lol |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:28 PM Response to Reply #47 |
62. indeed |
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devils chaplain (245 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
54. I'm waiting for "Fairbanks Teeth" to become slang in Alaska ten years from now. N/T |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-25-11 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
57. Some studies show that fluoridated water does more damage than good. |
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