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Kids' cavities would increase by millions if every state banned fluoride, study finds (www.nbcnews.com)
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Florida and Utah have already removed fluoridation from public water systems. What if the rest of the country follows?

The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. 

The study, published Friday in JAMA Health Forum, shows that if all 50 states stopped community water fluoridation programs, kids in the U.S. could expect to develop 25.4 million more cavities within the next five years. 

That’s the equivalent of a decayed tooth in 1 out of every 3 children.

The number of cavities would more than double in 10 years, to 53.8 million.

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[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They know it's bullshit, they're just using it to sell the idea to morons.

I agree, although I would say the misinformed and decieved because this is all caused by the top 1%.

The point is actually the increase in cavities. They want to make it even more expensive to be poor, with the ultimate goal of starving out anyone who isn't profitable.

Exactly, this is why I find the current misinformation/data enshitification landscape to be quite insidious as actions like this only widens the wealth gap with poorer people suffering more for the benefit of the rich.

Same situation but in the tech field: