← Back to context Comment by bananapub 8 months ago [flagged] 3 comments bananapub Reply lolinder 8 months ago Fluoridation of water isn't the best grounds for arguing the US is backwards, given that it has hitherto been an outlier in how much fluoridation is happening [0]. Most of the developed world doesn't come close to the reach that the US has.[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_by_countr... croes 8 months ago It gets worsehttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43484093 TMWNN 8 months ago I don't know whether water fluoridation is worthwhile. But I do know that various European countries have discontinued it. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202219/http://www.appgaf...>
lolinder 8 months ago Fluoridation of water isn't the best grounds for arguing the US is backwards, given that it has hitherto been an outlier in how much fluoridation is happening [0]. Most of the developed world doesn't come close to the reach that the US has.[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_by_countr...
TMWNN 8 months ago I don't know whether water fluoridation is worthwhile. But I do know that various European countries have discontinued it. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202219/http://www.appgaf...>
Fluoridation of water isn't the best grounds for arguing the US is backwards, given that it has hitherto been an outlier in how much fluoridation is happening [0]. Most of the developed world doesn't come close to the reach that the US has.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_by_countr...
It gets worse
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43484093
I don't know whether water fluoridation is worthwhile. But I do know that various European countries have discontinued it. <https://web.archive.org/web/20160303202219/http://www.appgaf...>