Future of fluoridated water once again on Rutland's Town Meeting Day ballot
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Rutland has been fluoridating its water for decades. The last time it was on the ballot, in 2016, voters chose to keep the fluoride in. But concerned residents have another opportunity to vote on the topic in March.

Rutland resident Jack Crowther has been a longtime critic.

“You’re putting a drug, a medicine, in our water to treat tooth decay without the informed consent of the people,” Crowther said.

"Mandrake, have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?" strangelove-wow

"THEY'RE PUTTING MEDICINE IN THE WATER!" frothingfash

Also related, a Richmond, VT waterworks employee secretly lowered fluoride levels in the town's drinking supply for a decade.

EDIT: I should've updated this a month ago, but the town voted to keep fluoride.

  • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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    9 months ago

    Skeletal and dental fluorosis are two very different things. You're describing what happens when you drink contaminated groundwater, or work in certain industries without proper PPE. Properly treated fluoridated water can cause dental fluorosis, which typically just causes cosmetic blemishes on your teeth.

    • oregoncom [he/him]
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      9 months ago

      I didn't say you can get it from tap water. But if you do get it from other sources it sucks that now you have to also avoid all tap water.

      Also There are places with naturally high fluoride concentration in the water with skeletal fluorosis as a major issue. Guess what happened when burger brains convinced them to fluoridate the water even more? It became a bigger issue.

      Just put it in toothpaste.

      • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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        9 months ago

        There are places with naturally high fluoride concentration in the water with skeletal fluorosis as a major issue. Guess what happened when burger brains convinced them to fluoridate the water even more?

        I'm really not getting your point. Water treatment would address this. And if you don't have proper water treatment, you don't have fluoridated water, right?

        Are you saying there are places that are incorrectly treating their water? If so, I agree, that should be fixed.

        • oregoncom [he/him]
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          9 months ago

          Fluoride is naturally occuring in water in some places, especially if you use wellwater.

          • Thordros [he/him, comrade/them]
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            9 months ago

            Is wellwater fluoridated?

            e: I'm sorry if I am coming across as if I'm asking in bad faith. I'm not. And I'm sorry about my first comment. It was uncalled for.

            I'm genuinely struggling to create an image in my head of the exact person you're concerned about. Can we do a Discord call/chat at some point to hash this out? That'd be better than sniping at each other here in public.

            • oregoncom [he/him]
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              9 months ago

              Someone who already has high exposure due to environmental reasons (work, they use well water at home, they accidentally drank too much instant tea) having their situation exasperbated when they also drink tap water (imagine if a child uses well water home, tap water at school). Well water has high fluoride because fluoride is a mineral and it's just naturally occuring in a lot of places at high quanities.

              Dw you're far nicer than everyone else dunking on me rn. lol