Because queensland is our florida and full of fucking idiots that keep getting into positions of power
Something not in the water: why are Queensland councils voting to remove fluoride?
Submitted 3 weeks ago by Severus_Snape@lemmy.world to australia@aussie.zone
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Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
No1@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
5G will activate the microchips in the flouride and they will be able to track everyone!
FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 weeks 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 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
Thanks for clearing that up for me
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
Ah, letting the anti-vax sentiment slip a little there…
Regardless of that, I don’t understand how putting fluoride into drinking water is coercive, bullying or bribing behaviour. We are already treating drinking water with other chemicals like chlorine, should we stop that too so that Queenslanders have a choice and aren’t bullied or coerced into drinking healthy water?
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Chlorine is to disinfect the water, fluoride is to prevent tooth decay. Fluoridated toothpaste is widely available, and it’s recently been found that relatively low levels of fluoride in the water have an adverse effect on IQ.
To be clear and so there are no misunderstandings here, I am aggressively pro-vax. I also strongly support a sugar tax.
The_Decryptor@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yeah, but the levels where it starts being noticeable (1.5mg/L) are double the level that fluoride treatment targets (0.6-0.8mg/L). It’s something to be worried about if you’re drinking well water and it’s got a natural high fluoride content, not from anything added by the water treatment processes.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I really really hate john birch.