Comment on Something not in the water: why are Queensland councils voting to remove fluoride?
FireWire400@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I kinda feel like an idiot right now for being out of the loop on this but why is it a bad thing to remove floride from drinking water?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 10 hours ago
You’re not an idiot. The gist of it is that there have been places that didn’t have or removed fluoridation and it resulted in terrible dental health in kids.
And yes you can get fluoride from toothpaste. But I’m guessing what happened is that due to the risk of swallowing toothpaste kids need low fluoride or fluoride free toothpaste, so weren’t able to get enough without having it in the water.
FireWire400@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Thanks for clearing that up for me
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 9 hours ago
No worries!