Quote from: nutildah on August 08, 2014, 07:40:41 PM

Quote from: jcoin200 on August 08, 2014, 07:30:30 PM

The issue is that flouride in drinking water serves basically no purpose whatsoever:

Well thats funny because 2 minutes ago the issue was the American government is mind-controlling its citizens with fluoride.

Quote from: jcoin200 on August 08, 2014, 07:30:30 PM

"There is now a better understanding of how fluoride prevents dental decay. What little benefit fluoridated water may still provide is derived primarily through topical means...

You proceed to quote an opinion piece written by 1 man 14 years ago.

Meanwhile, the American Dental Association says this, today:

The Association endorses community water fluoridation as a safe, beneficial and cost-
effective public health measure for preventing dental caries (cavities). This support has been the Associations policy since 1950.

Here's some more recent research findings for you:

New Zealand study finds no correlation between fluoridated water and lower IQs, May 27, 2014:
http://www.ada.org/en/publications/ada-news/2014-archive/may/new-zealand-study-finds-no-correlation-between-fluoridated-water-and-lower-iqs

Letter in support of fluoridation from 3 Harvard deans:
http://www.ada.org/~/media/ADA/Public%20Programs/Files/harvard-deans-on-fluoridation.ashx

Please point me to where I equated fluoride to mind control. Now you are flat out making things up, so I won't be able to take anything else you say seriously.

Secondly, water fluoridation began in the 1940's when dentists thought ingestion would benefit dental health. BTW that guy is definitely not the only one to show fluoride applied topically is what brings about benefits, not ingestion.