Donald Trump said Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s proposal to remove fluoride from the U.S. water systems "sounds okay" to him, raising alarms for public health.
  • Former President Donald Trump said that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s proposal to remove fluoride from the U.S. water systems “sounds okay” to him.
  • Kennedy, who is poised to play a health policy role in a potential Trump administration, recently wrote, “The Trump White House will advise all U.S​. water systems to remove fluoride from public water.”
  • According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “the safety and benefits of fluoride are well documented and have been reviewed comprehensively by several scientific and public health organizations.”
  • forrgott@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Lol, no. Even if that were my intention, two replies? And some knee jerk downvotes? What kinda troll is gonna feed themselves on such a small amount of controversy?

    We have quite the hive mind going in the thread, though!

    • ABCDE@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Because you came out with baseless conjecture which was debunked decades ago which you could have educated yourself about at any time, hiding behind “may” and whatever other nonsense you thought would make you sound reasonable.

      • forrgott@lemm.ee
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        2 days ago

        Oh really? Quote me a source that says ingesting fluoride is beneficial.

        And take your ad hominem crap somewhere else. 🙄

        • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          2 days ago

          Meanwhile, in communities where fluoride has already been removed from the water…

          If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. In that simple statement is the key to science. It doesn’t make any difference how beautiful your guess is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are who made the guess, or what his name is … If it disagrees with experiment, it’s wrong. That’s all there is to it.

          -Richard Feynman

          • forrgott@lemm.ee
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            1 day ago

            Not, communities; one community. And that study looks shady as hell, not gonna lie. For instance, so far I see no discussion regarding any other things that could’ve influenced the results. Like, I’m really not impressed by the methodology they used. At all.

            • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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              1 day ago

              Very rude of that community to not conform to what you wanted them to do instead of just experiencing the effects of unfluoridated tap water, smh.

              If you’re going to nitpick their methodology I’m sure you won’t mind sharing your own published studies on the matter, right? TIA.

              • forrgott@lemm.ee
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                1 day ago

                Eh, this was fun, but I’m getting bored. 😉 I’m kidding. However, that’s less a study and more a statistical analysis. One that failed to correct for any known issues that might cause unexpected results. I did find an interesting link earlier, I might try checking some of their sources. If I find anything interesting, well… I’ll have forgotten about this, so maybe I’ll update, maybe not! 😝

                • ddh@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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                  1 day ago

                  You’re not bored, you’re just making your obligatory-brave-exit-speech for having lost both arguments. Your research skills are terrible.

                  • forrgott@lemm.ee
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                    1 day ago

                    Do your own research

                    And, no, I am bored as hell, so I’m intentionally pissing you off, knowing you lack the self control to go do something else. 😘

                    As I told someone else, the day I give a shit what some anon on the net thinks about me, I’m gonna hunt me some bears. Naked and unarmed, mind you.

                    Oh, and does it bother you if I say daylight savings time is a colossal waste of money, not to mention the needles stress on the population?

        • Djtecha@lemm.ee
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          2 days ago

          You made a claim without any backing evidence. If people keep telling you to fuck off and you keep wondering why, well here’s someone telling you why.