Bloomfield approves mass fluoridation of our water supply

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.... What ever happened to self-responsibility in regard to protecting your own health by not sticking refined and sweetened shit in our mouths!

On a related note when are we going to see moves towards taxing sugar added drinks. That will have a much better impact on tooth decay levels in the young and/or economically disadvantaged.

I agree that adults should take responsibility for their own health, but the big benefit of water fluoridation is for young children, who cannot be expected to resist the heavy marketing of sweets and soft drinks.  I can still remember that when I was at primary school and forbidden by my parents to eat  sweets, I would use my lunch money to buy sweets instead of the fruit that I was supposed to be buying.  And I was a pretty well behaved child.  We all did it.  My teeth suffered as a consequence because there was no fluoridation back then.

Probably it was more relevant that toothpastes weren't fluoridated back then. Topical application of fluoride as is the case when you 'paint' it onto your actual teeth is a far more effective dental decay protection method than taking it systemically via drinking water.

Have you ever noticed that fluoridated toothpastes carry a bold "Do Not Swallow" warning? The stuff is a recognised toxin, but not when they put it in our drinking water for some reason???.