Post #1928812

2026-04-26 14:06 UTC

I never doubted science, but I just learned how Fluoride affects your teeth, and it’s incredible. I get that it can be harmful in large quantities, but I think if people understood what it actually does they might be less scared of it.

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@CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-26 23:02

So many people in this thread aren't getting how we got here. It's not about understanding. Flouride conspiracy, raw milk, et al all have a a tinge of truth to them but they also have a larger cognitive bias and that is that it allows people to buck government regulations. This is "rules for thee but not for me" wrapped up in pseudoscience. These people benefited from flouride, pasteurized milk, regulated beef, etc. but believe that the over reaching government is holding back their freedom. This is about conservatives wanting to push *their* policies at the detriment to the population because conservatism is that they must be the group that pushes the rules and never have to be bound by them. This is ultimately about oppression. No amount of education will fix the empathy they lack.

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@foodandart@lemmy.zip 2026-04-26 14:41

One of the little known historical gems about peoples meeting each other was when the early European settlers got to the Southwestern US, many were astonished by the fact that among the native tribes - even the oldest member had beautiful teeth. Fluoride is naturally occurring in the water in many parts of the southwest.

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