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Medicaid over 10 years at least*
February 14, 2025 at 10:28 AM
I'm so sorry. I do want to highlight there are people saying it's supposedly a plan to cut that much over 10 years, but I can completely understand being overwhelmed by the thought of this regardless when it's what's keep you alive.
February 14, 2025 at 10:27 AM
2. "Even though the report explicitly said that it was not meant to apply to community water fluoridation, or to apply to levels below 1.5 parts per million, the judge drew conclusions from it that fluoride in the water is risky to health. That is not a valid conclusion from the work."
February 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"The reason...we know... fluoride is effective is because it's naturally present in the water around our globe,...there are more than 50 million people...already drinking water that is 1 part per million, because that's naturally present in their water. This is not...added or a pollutant."
February 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Then we've got what looks like a valuable collection of data and history here: publichealth.jhu.edu/2024/why-is-...

Two interesting quotes below, shortened to fit in the character limits.
Why Is Fluoride in Our Water? | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Community water fluoridation has passively protected the oral health of Americans for decades by reducing cavities and dental health disparities—so why do some people want to remove it?
publichealth.jhu.edu
February 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Which suggests that if cities are sticking to the limit, there wasn't sufficient data to suggest any harmful impact to cognition. This doesn't guarantee no impact of course but an interesting starting point. ntp.niehs.nih.gov/whatwestudy/...
Fluoride Exposure: Neurodevelopment and Cognition
ntp.niehs.nih.gov
February 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Figured I'd throw in my two cents. The first thing I found was a recent meta-analysis showing a potential mental impact using IQ as a way to measure (which has its own issues, but if we pretend it's perfect) cognitive impact.

It basically found that 2x the US limit had negative impact on kids.
February 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM