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Pinellas County began adding fluoride to its water in 2004. Before that, it was the largest water supplier in the eastern United States that did not fluoridate its water. Fluoridation costs the county about $205,000 a year.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls the practice, which dates to the 1940s, one of the greatest public health achievements of the century. Federal and global agencies and medical groups say it is healthy with the right dosage, despite recent red flags.
"Fluoride is safe, efficient and cost-effective," said dentist Christopher Beach of the Pinellas County Health Department.
But critics seized on recent concerns about too much fluoride having side effects on young children and tea party-style fears of forced government medicating. Some speakers Tuesday compared it to Soviet and Nazi practices and warned of cancer, reduced IQ and deteriorating bones.
"Fluoride is a toxic substance," said tea party activist Tony Caso of Palm Harbor. "This is all part of an agenda that's being pushed forth by the so-called globalists in our government and the world government to keep the people stupid so they don't realize what's going on."
He added: "This is the U.S. of A, not the Soviet Socialist Republic."
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Flouride; part of the agenda that keeps you stupid. I wonder when the additive Nazi's are gonna get all crazy about iodized salt. After all, iodized salt is fairly new. Maybe we can have bad teeth AND goiter.
Next thing you know the MarxistNaziCommieCzars at the Pinellas County water commission will start stealing our precious bodily fluids. Better readjust your tinfoil hats and keep your powder dry, fellow patriots.
The most (only?) rabid anti-fluoride people I've known were a decidedly leftist brother and sister.
Yeah we're living in interesting times when the normal ideological boundaries for conspiracy theories are breaking down. Michele Bachmann sunk her campaign when she went on the anti-vaccine trip, which has traditionally been a loony left sort of conspiracy. The tea party always had a foot in the John Birch Society camp, and the original Ron Paul crowd had a touch of Larouche to them, but this is getting hilarious.
Yeah we're living in interesting times when the normal ideological boundaries for conspiracy theories are breaking down. Michele Bachmann sunk her campaign when she went on the anti-vaccine trip, which has traditionally been a loony left sort of conspiracy. The tea party always had a foot in the John Birch Society camp, and the original Ron Paul crowd had a touch of Larouche to them, but this is getting hilarious.
The nutty conspiracy theorists have always been there on the far left and far right sides. Just as of late with the tea party getting mainstream attention, they are bringing all these far right wing kooks to the limelight.
Hmm, are you sure? There's a boatload of experts now coming out AGAINST Fluoridation of Water supplies. Google this issue and read a lot, heck, just "note" the full pages of information that has done a 180 on it, and then, yet again we can THANK conservatives for being "right," in more ways than one.
Got myself an editing nightmare by trying to save time, LOL at myself!
The dentists will just have to tag behind, if indeed they do. Look...just for example...
Next thing you know the MarxistNaziCommieCzars at the Pinellas County water commission will start stealing our precious bodily fluids. Better readjust your tinfoil hats and keep your powder dry, fellow patriots.
Rats!!!
You beat me to the Dr. Strangelove reference!
Next time box_of_zip_discs, next time...
BTW: Wouldn't it be funny if he already has an abandoned mineshaft full of hot chicks?
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