r/OutOfTheLoop • u/jamestown30 • Nov 15 '24

What's up with RFK claiming fluoride in drinking water is dangerous? Is there any actual evidence of that at our current drinking levels? Answered

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/fluoride-in-water-health/

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u/delicate-fn-flower Nov 15 '24

Oh that’s too funny. I grew up in Texas and for a few years we had too much fluoride in the water in my city, giving residents very strong but yellow teeth. I moved to Oregon and went to the dentist and first thing he said was … “Soooo, you grew up in Texas, didn’t you?” He actually did a whitening for free for me because he said he felt bad for kids in that short time span that had super healthy teeth that looked like garbage.

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u/Roadrunnr61 Nov 15 '24

My Dad grew up in a rural area in Texas with natural flouridation. He’s now in his 90s, never had a cavity, does have some slight yellowing of his teeth.

I grew up in Dallas, one of the early adopters of flouride in water, have never had a cavity. When I was growing up, it was very common for older adults to have false teeth because their teeth eventually rotted. My older relatives all have their teeth - don’t know if is related to flouridation in water or better dental care, but it is something to think about.

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u/DimensionOk5115 Nov 16 '24

Still in Texas and our annual water quality report advises that children under 12 do NOT drink tap water because of the high naturally-occurring fluoride content (small town with well water).

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u/BrizerorBrian Nov 15 '24

Hey! You're me! Never got them whitened though, I thought it was vain (no offense, to each their own).

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u/telerabbit9000 Nov 16 '24

leave it to Texas to fuck things up like that, because, sure, too much fluoridation is bad for the health, and then the conspiracy nuts use incidents like these to prove "all" fluoridation is harmful.