• TCB13@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    fluoridation has nothing to with any teeth-related issues, it was all about the US industry having a way to dispose of fluoride, a byproduct of many industrial activities. You can’t just dump fluoride on a river as it has several adverse side-effects, but it you can convince everyone it is good for their health then it’s okay to dump it on the water supply.

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      1 hour ago

      No… just no

      If that was true there are a lot of other things they could dump in the water

    • isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 hours ago

      lmao. rofl even. Fluoride is incredibly expensive AND useful, if you run an industry you wanna make sure you absolutely recover it from byproducts and reuse it, not to mention that with how low the levels in tap water are, it wouldn’t be even a good way of disposing a lot of it