Fluoride may be doing more harm than good

Milk and Cookies said:
CDC
US Public Health Service
Department of Health and Human Services (which includes the NIH)
EPA

Literally all relevant federal scientific bodies maintain a recommended standard of at least 0.7mg/L. That is the current consensus.
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Well there's not consensus within the NIH based on the most recent report.

And the EPA currently says that levels below 4 mg per liter are safe when these studies show that it's not. The EPA is currently reconsidering their recommendations because of court order. They haven't appealed which seems to me that there's not exactly consensus within the EPA.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
Well there's not consensus within the NIH based on the most recent report.

And the EPA currently says that levels below 4 mg per liter are safe when these studies show that it's not. The EPA is currently reconsidering their recommendations because of court order. They haven't appealed which seems to me that there's not exactly consensus within the EPA.
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There's enough consensus at the NIH that 0.7mg/L is still the HHS's official position.

Go get the research and we can have this conversation again then. You don't have the research now. You just don't. That NIH report ain't it. And saying things like 1.5mg/L is "not much higher" than 0.7mg/L in this context is not helping your argument. Wait until actual relevant research is available and peer reviewed before you start recommending changes to public health policy.
 
Milk and Cookies said:
There's enough consensus at the NIH that 0.7mg/L is still the HHS's official position.

Go get the research and we can have this conversation again then. You don't have the research now. You just don't. That NIH report ain't it. And saying things like 1.5mg/L is "not much higher" than 0.7mg/L in this context is not helping your argument. Wait until actual relevant research is available and peer reviewed before you start recommending changes to public health policy.
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Look I realize it's not a thought report for a Fortune 100 company but an NIH report is actually pretty credible here.

The links are on this thread and within the reports if you care to look at them. If you just don't believe the science, I don't think me finding those reports, again, is really going to do much for you.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
Show me a scientific consensus that fluoridating water is safe. Its not there because the studies are still being done. The question is if we should keep doing it when there is a fair chance that its dangerous or we should stop until the studies are completed.
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This post is logically indistinguishable from RFK's anti-measles vaccine advocacy in Samoa, which led directly to the deaths of 83 people, most of whom were young children.
 
lawtig02 said:
This post is logically indistinguishable from RFK's anti-measles vaccine advocacy in Samoa, which led directly to the deaths of 83 people, most of whom were young children.
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I don't think we have too many NIH reports talking about the dangers of the measles vaccine but perhaps you can provide a link.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I don't think we have too many NIH reports talking about the dangers of the measles vaccine but perhaps you can provide a link.
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There's a scientific consensus that measles vaccines are safe. There's also a scientific consensus that fluoridation at the approved levels does not impact IQ. This is not hard. One outlier study does not disturb the scientific consensus any more than Jim Inhofe's snowball disturbs the consensus on climate change.
 
lawtig02 said:
There's a scientific consensus that measles vaccines are safe. There's also a scientific consensus that flouridation at the approved levels does not impact IQ. This is not hard. One outlier study does not disturb the scientific consensus any more than Jim Inhofe's snowball disturbs the consensus on climate change.
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Is there really scientific consensus that fluoride at the approved level does not impact IQ? I know people on this thread have blithely asserted it but there appears to be a fair amount of questions within the scientific community. At this point its 50 outliers.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
Is there really scientific consensus that fluoride at the approved level does not impact IQ? I know people on this thread have blithely asserted it but there appears to be a fair amount of questions within the scientific community. At this point its 50 outliers.
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Sure. And 3% of global climate scientists dispute climate change. That has zero impact on the consensus.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
Look I realize it's not a thought report for a Fortune 100 company but an NIH report is actually pretty credible here.

The links are on this thread and within the reports if you care to look at them. If you just don't believe the science, I don't think me finding those reports, again, is really going to do much for you.
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Maybe bigger font will help?

"There were not enough data to determine if 0.7 mg/L of fluoride exposure in drinking water affected children's IQ," Christine Flowers, director of the Office of Communication at the National Institutes of Health, wrote in an email.
 
Milk and Cookies said:
Maybe bigger font will help?

"There were not enough data to determine if 0.7 mg/L of fluoride exposure in drinking water affected children's IQ," Christine Flowers, director of the Office of Communication at the National Institutes of Health, wrote in an email.
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I can see it fine at the regular font but thank you. "Not enough data to determine...". Sounds to me like we don't know if .7 mg/L is safe or not. We do know with moderate confidence that 1.5mg/L is unsafe.

Now that there is a legitimate question of safety, perhaps we should stop putting fluoride in the water until we know for sure if its safe. Or at least have the discussion of the trade-offs without dismissing the science.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
I can see it fine at the regular font but thank you. "Not enough data to determine...". Sounds to me like we don't know if .7 mg/L is safe or not. We do know with moderate confidence that 1.5mg/L is unsafe.

Now that there is a legitimate question of safety, perhaps we should stop putting fluoride in the water until we know for sure if its safe. Or at least have the discussion of the trade-offs without dismissing the science.
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Since right now the data shows no risks and real benefits, why are you still beating this drum?
 
finesse said:
Since right now the data shows no risks and real benefits, why are you still beating this drum?
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Because the data shows risks at higher levels, and there is no study of the risks at lower levels.

I hate to bring up the same point twice but if there was a study tomorrow that Advil was proven to be dangerous at twice the recommended level but there is no data at the recommended level, would you consume Advil at the recommended level or would you take a Tylenol and wait for more studies to come in?
 
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