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Tooth Decay Rose in Canadian Cities Without Fluoride. RFK Wants This for the US. (truthout.org)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago (14 children)

Do you really need it?

Out of a population of about three-quarters of a billion, under 14 million people (approximately 2%) in Europe receive artificially-fluoridated water. Those people are in the UK (5,797,000), Republic of Ireland (4,780,000), Spain (4,250,000), and Serbia (300,000).

Most European countries don't use it and we are fine.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (8 children)

I think it would be less important in a place with universal health care and dental care as kids would probably be brushing their teeth and get taken care of properly, but it's more dire in North America than you would think. Canada doesn't have free dental and America doesn't have free health or dental whereas lots of European countries have universal healthcare.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm from the Netherlands, we have healthcare but dental is usually not included and most people pay it themselves. You can include it but it's usually more expensive than a normal yealy check-up.

Why do Americans and Canadians have bad teeth? Is brushing something people just don't do?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

but dental is usually not included and most people pay it themselve

Children under 18 are covered for almost all dental care under the basic Dutch health insurance and therefor free of charge.

https://iwcn.nl/living/healthcare/dental-care/

So you are wrong, you (most likely depending on your age I guess) had free dental as a child, the fluoride is aimed at children who are not guarenteed that in the US, it varies state to state and depending on your income.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

That I didn't know, the healthcare system was very different when I was a kid myself. We have made it a lot more commercial on the last 20 years.

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