Go on any conspiracy website and you will see theories on fluoride being used to poison the American populace. I will bet my God damn TAP money on it. In fact the Information Liberation site refers to the "forced fluoridation" of unsuspecting "is wrought with lies, greed and deception."
They even go so far as to say that "Despite growing evidence that it is harmful to public health, US federal and state pubic health agencies and large dental and medical organizations such as the American Dental Association (ADA), continue to promote fluoride."
Save for the fact that there are actual benefits to fluoride. I bet you are all wondering how can I defend fluoride. I mean after all it is a chemical in our drinking water and chemicals are bad (not true, since everything is a chemical). Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but there are actually benefits to fluoride. Although before I begin, I have to make a clarification.
Science News released an article back in the 1960's about the benefits of fluoride in our water, specifically about the benefits it has in regards to bone health. The article in question said that "Dr. D. Mark Hegsted, professor of nutrition at Harvard’s School of Public Health.… [An] adequate intake of fluoride can keep bones healthy and prevent soft tissues from calcifying." However, Science News corrected themselves (fifty years later, but better late than never) by saying "an analysis of 25 studies in 2008 showed fluoride doesn’t ease fracture risk. In 1951, only 3.3 percent of the U.S. population had fluoridated water; by 2014, that rate was up to 66.3 percent. Fluoridated drinking water may not help bones, but it does reduce cavities by 25 percent in both adults and children."
So what can you take from this?
I shall expand on this in a later article but science is NEVER infallible. In fact, it is possibly one of the most fallible methods that mankind has ever created. despite this, however, you must trust it as it is the only way of understanding the world around us.