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AStern

(211 posts) Wed Apr 23, 2025, 02:22 AM Yesterday

Video: PBS NewsHour What happened when Calgary removed fluoride from its water supply

Earlier this month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to end the federal recommendation that municipalities add fluoride to their drinking water. Amid the renewed debate, William Brangham spoke with Lindsay McLaren of the University of Calgary to discuss why that community removed fluoride from its water and why fluoridation started in the first place.

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Video: PBS NewsHour What happened when Calgary removed fluoride from its water supply (Original Post) AStern Yesterday OP

And we won't know how bad this will be. Old Crank 21 hrs ago #1

Old Crank

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1. And we won't know how bad this will be.

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Wed Apr 23, 2025, 07:50 AM

21 hrs ago

Because there will be no data collection like in Calgary. So any rise in preventable tooth decay will be hidden for lack of data.
Fuckers.

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