Those of you who read this blog regularly might recall that recently, I suggested that perhaps RFKJr might suggest a study in which a few counties in some, and perhaps many, or all states might serve as the participants in a study. The study would involve withholding something in these selected counties which would be different from the rest of the counties in that state, which would then serve as the control group, doing just as they are doing now. I opined that this sort of study could involve looking at some childhood vaccines as well as the fluoridation of water.
As it turns out some of this is already being done.
From C&C:
“While Florida became the first state last year to recommend against county-level fluoridation, Utah is taking it one toothier step. Last week, Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) said he will sign a bill banning fluoride from public water systems. “It’s got to be a really high bar for me if we’re going to require people to be medicated by their government,” Governor Cox told ABC4-Utah. In other words— medical freedom.”
But … what about those poor kids who are not getting fluoride in their water?
“Half of Utah already does not fluoridate their public drinking water. Governor Cox said dentists in those counties reported no higher levels of tooth decay than dentists in fluoridated counties. Grocery shelves are flooded with fluoridated toothpaste for anyone who wants it. So why force everyone to drink the chemical, which is not meant to be drunk anyway?”
But … what about those that suggest that there may not be a downside to fluoride?
“Last September, U.S. District Judge Edward Chen issued an 80-page ruling finding that the evidence — based on 72 different studies — supported a conclusion that fluoride was possibly a neurotoxin associated with IQ loss in children. The EPA, corporate media, and dental associations reflexively dismissed the finding as another conspiracy theory and have never looked back.”
So my suggestion that some sort of controlled study be done to look at the benefits and possible downside of putting fluoride in the drinking water is already inadvertently being done in both Florida and Utah. Granted it may take ten years or so to see if there is a downside to fluoride in drinking water, but, to me, this is well worth the risk.
3/11/25