Comment by gblargg
7 months ago
Do you feel the same way about European countries who don't add fluoride to water? Do you think we should consume shampoo and soap because it's beneficial when used topically?
7 months ago
Do you feel the same way about European countries who don't add fluoride to water? Do you think we should consume shampoo and soap because it's beneficial when used topically?
…yes?
That exact strain of provincial European quackiness is how you get homeopathy and alternative medicines covered under public health insurance and paid for by tax dollars in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, etc.
At least France grappled with it ~5 years ago and removed it IIRC. Still being debated in Germany.
Slippery slope.
> how you get homeopathy
Flouridating water supplies is more or less literally homeopathy!
The remineralization of tooth enamel through biologically active concentrations and well understood dose-response effects is actually quite different from having water remember inert substances diluted beyond Avogadro’s limit.
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They put way too much fluoride in water for it to be homeopathy. For one, you can actually detect the levels, whereas homeopathy literally has no molecules of the active substance (the water "remembers" being near it).
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