Comment on flouride
zephorah@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Next headline will be how fluoride contributes to autism and it will have just as much evidence as the vaccine bit does. How is this even a thing? Is ground zero on this RFK?
Meanwhile, all the people who can’t afford dentists will have even worse teeth going forward. Make America’s teeth British again.
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Well look at the statistics:
Fluoride: Water fluoridation in the United States began in the 1940s By 1949, nearly 1 million Americans were receiving fluoridated tap water In 1951, the number jumped dramatically to 4.85 million people By 1952, the number nearly tripled again to 13.3 million Americans In 1954, the number exceeded 20 million people In 1965 an additional 13.5 million Americans gained access to fluoridated water. By 1969, 43.7% of Americans had access to fluoridated tap water. In 2000, approximately 162 million Americans (65.8% of the population served by public water systems) received optimally fluoridated water 2006: 69.2% of people on public water systems (61.5% of total population) 2012: 74.6% of people on public water systems (67.1% of total population)
Autism: First recognised in the 1940s During the 1960s and 1970s, prevalence estimates were approximately 0.5 cases per 1,000 children. Prevalence rates increased to about 1 case per 1,000 children in the 1980s. 2000: 1 in 150 children 2006: 1 in 110 children 2014: 1 in 59 children 2016: 1 in 54 children 2020: 1 in 36 children
Seems pretty clear cut to me.
webadict@lemmy.world 1 month ago
This is, and I don’t say this lightly, one of the dumbest conclusions I’ve ever seen someone jump to.
Might as well say that fluoride in the water caused software developers, lmao.
reattach@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Actually, software developers cause autism
zephorah@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Satire, I think.
Classic ice cream sales and violent crimes in summer correlation.
webadict@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s too much like the real anti-fluoride arguments, man. I can’t recognize it, man.
Objection@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Oh, if that “seems pretty clear cut to you,” then I’m about to blow your fucking mind
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STOP EATING RICE!
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NAME YOUR DAUGHTER SARAH, IT’S THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE THE AMAZON! AND WHATEVER YOU DO…
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…DO NOT NAME THEM TRISTEN
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If we shut down flights to Antarctica, inflation would’ve been solved yesterday.
DevopsPalmer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Let’s ignore the better diagnosis processes and just take two trending upward statistics and make a broad correlation and call it fact.
aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 1 month ago
They need to do stuff like this often in HS to show students how you can bullshit truths and make its facade of truth feel legit.
Redex68@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Damn, I guess fluoridated water caused computers,