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The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced it will begin the process of pulling prescription fluoride drops and tablets for children off the market. The supplements are usually given to kids at high risk for cavities.

The federal government and some state legislatures are increasingly drawing attention to what they claim are the risks associated with fluoride, a mineral that’s been used for decades in community water systems, toothpastes and mouth rinses to prevent tooth decay.

Dentists fiercely contest the notion that the harms of fluoride outweigh the benefits.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

When I said we should restrict children's tablets this is not what I meant, worm.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Cool, then regulate sugar in industrial food and beverage.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Regulations?! In trump’s America?! No way. It costs too much for shareholders

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Funny. We're soon going to see how much shareholders like an environment without regulation... like a working SEC.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Regulate it harshly these fuckers need to be sent to the gulag

[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is such a fundamental change to get used to - some branches of government have been a meritocracy my entire life, doing their best to do the right thing, being careful to heed the best scientific advice, that my immediate reaction is to trust them. Then I remember we’re living in a time where the only qualification is personal loyalty and this particular circus is run by a clown

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

To be fair, the FDA was incompetent / hamstrung in many other areas before. The overriding purpose was to increase profit.

They, at least they are trying something new :D

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

When my husband was like three his especially neglectful mother wasn’t watching him like always and he ate an entire bottle of fluoride tables and had to get his stomach pumped, this was in the 70s. With childproof caps and general awareness this should really not be considered an issue, kids shouldn’t have unfettered access to pills in general, it’s not a fluoride thing.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Time to stock up on fluoride I guess….

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Is there actually a need to? Does ingested fluoride do anything that toothpaste fluoride doesn't do?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I beat the rush and stocked up in December, and I hate that that purchase is already feeling justified. One option to keep in mind as well is that tea is relatively good natural source of fluoride. So if things get bad enough, becoming an unsweetened tea-drinker might help.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Its weird hearing americans have to specify 'un-sweetened' tea as if its not the norm

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I don't order tea often, but we would also have to specify if we want it hot. I guess I always thought of the options as sweet/unsweet iced tea, or probably nothing because I'd be surprised if they have some earl grey back there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, I agree it's weird. As an American who grew up in an area where sweetened tea wasn't the norm, I hate having to specify. But I also don't have any faith left in my fellow countrymen, and feel like I have to make it clear for them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Next up, Mewmaxxing czar and Orthotropics advisor Mike Mew

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

tst gonna need to have a sacred daily fluoridation ritual for its devout followers.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago

great. next it will be banned in toothpaste and mouth rinses.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 week ago

So much for parents doing research and deciding if it's right for them. Yet another bad faith argument.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I guess the fluorides are harmful to the worm lord.

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