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Florida Just Banned Fluoride from Public Water

by ripe on 5/15/25, 9:48 PM with 20 comments

  • by techpineapple on 5/15/25, 9:57 PM

    Not sure what to think about this, but often (as in the linked discussion) it always starts out with the very fair "everyone should get to choose, you can use supplements", and then they start banning supplements:

    https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/13/health/fluoride-supplement-ba...

    Which makes me just feel like these debates are always hard to have anymore because you never know what debate you're having.

  • by gnabgib on 5/15/25, 9:49 PM

    Discussion (43 points, 15 days ago, 117 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43843547

  • by mattgrice on 5/15/25, 10:59 PM

    Sure this is bad but what about states where they don't have universal free dental care with bi-yearly topical fluoride?

  • by ChrisArchitect on 5/16/25, 5:59 AM

    Related:

    FDA moves to ban fluoride supplements for kids, removing a key tool for dentists

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43980526

  • by jmcgough on 5/15/25, 11:04 PM

    Curious where they draw the line - are chlorine treatments to disinfect water okay? Both have a clear public health benefit with comparatively minimal downsides.