Fluoridation Wars & Brig Gen Jack Ripper

In 1951, Illinois became one of the first states to urge cities to add fluoride to their drinking water to help fight tooth decay. Now Utah is to become first state to ban it. Citing conflicting studies, officials everywhere are arguing whether fluoride can harm children.

As the WSJ coverage recently noted, “Most everyone agrees [fluoride] is important for dental health. The question is how much fluoride we need to protect our teeth without risking possible cognitive harm. Recent analyses suggest some evidence that high levels of fluoride might harm the brains of children & developing fetuses. Other studies have found no such evidence. And there is no indication that fluoride hurts adult cognition. Perhaps adding to the confusion is the quality of research results being published as a series of high-profile retractions have plagued science journals churning out research on every imaginable topic. In the case of fluoride research, the National Toxicology Program released a study concluding with “moderate confidence” that higher levels of fluoride exposure are associated with lower IQ in children. The possible problem with the study however is that its “higher levels of exposure” would be twice the US recommended level for drinking water AND that conclusion was based largely on research done outside the US where some pregnant women, infants & children are exposed to higher levels of fluoride.

Concluded Dr. Charlotte Lewis of the Washington School of Medicine in Seattle, there is no strong evidence that any harm is happening with the lower levels of fluoride in US public drinking water. But, if that’s true, how does the doctor explain young Illinoisans, including Chicagoans, who grow up to keep electing stupid Sanctuary mayors? And, how does she explain Brig. Gen. Jack Ripper in “Dr. Strangelove” feeling a “sudden loss of essence” after drinking fluoridated water?

Davd Soul