A.G. Gancarski
The American Dental Association is denouncing Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s recent advisory against fluoride in municipal water systems, noting that 65 out of 67 counties have a shortage of dentists and contending fluoridation has preventive benefits.
“It’s disheartening to hear Dr. Ladapo’s misinformed and dangerous comments regarding community water fluoridation,” said Brett Kessler, D.D.S., president of the American Dental Association. “The ADA believes in the use of proven, evidence-based science when making public policy decisions. For Dr. Ladapo to call community water fluoridation ‘medical malpractice’ and call on all municipalities to end its practice is a dangerous statement that stands to harm the oral and overall health of all Floridians.”
Ladapo issued guidance Friday against the practice, in light of what a release from the Department of Health called “the neuropsychiatric risk associated with fluoride exposure.”
Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. wants a similar elimination of fluoridation nationally, and the Surgeon General’s guidance in Florida may well align with federal policy under the incoming presidential administration.
17 comments
Michael
November 23, 2024 at 2:10 pm
Again, the exact opposite of what the Republican philosophy of limited government is. Who is in a better position to know if their child has too much fluoridation exposure…the parent or 2 political quacks?
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Fred S
November 23, 2024 at 2:55 pm
While the science is admittedly not as clear as either side is willing to acknowledge, just remember that the so-called experts told us that utter nonsense like ‘social distancing’ and wearing masks would protect us from the Wuhan virus and that there was no way it originated in a lab….. Experts have given us more than five decades of serial failure. Be skeptical and think for yourself….
Lee
November 25, 2024 at 5:12 am
I see and where is your science supporting that?
Oh, I see now. someone told you this.
Fred S
November 23, 2024 at 2:56 pm
Hey Florida Politics your algorithm now flags my every post for censorship — I mean moderation….
PeterH
November 23, 2024 at 5:42 pm
Did DeSantis approve of the policy advisement?
Lee
November 25, 2024 at 5:10 am
You can be assured that if he didn’t, Dr. Lapdog would not have done it
Flour Ide
November 24, 2024 at 8:44 am
The problem with fluoride in drinking water is political, and the source of the opposition to it is the same source as the opposition to the government’s antagonizing CoVid mandates and vaccine mandates–it is that the government is acting against individual choice. All you have to do is watch Trump walk into the White House and RFK Jr. walk into the Department of Health to realize that, while it may take a while, people eventually are moved to act when they feel they aren’t being listened to. Europe sees no great boon to fluoridation, and people can buy effective fluoride toothpastes if they want. As we do away with community fluoride, I am sure some entrepreneurs will come up with a cheap and easy way to install home fluoridation systems.
MH/Duuuval
November 24, 2024 at 8:39 pm
Or, your dentist can coat your teeth with fluoride annually. Tastes yucky for a few hours. then you can rinse.
Lee
November 25, 2024 at 5:09 am
Assuming you have dental coverage or can afford a dentist. Which is not the case for many.
MH/Duuuval
November 25, 2024 at 5:25 pm
So true, Lee, as if unattended dental problems don’t lead to other problems throughout the human body.
Mark
November 25, 2024 at 8:15 am
The “problem” with fluoride in the drinking water is that it gives crackpots with no scientific evidence something to rail against for no real reason. They spout off dubious “facts” and make spurious comparisons to other continents where the citizens have universal access to healthcare. Much like the idiots during COVID, who pushed quack remedies and ignored basic precautions, they will ensure suffering for numerous people and added and unnecessary costs to the American economy and healthcare system. Children, poor children, will develop cavities. They will have poor dentition later in life. They will be in pain. All so really dumb people can feel smart.
Ocean Joe
November 25, 2024 at 5:27 pm
Having followed the election pretty closely, I dont recall anybody demanding removal of flouride from the water supply. I do recall Biden passing the Infrastructure Act which finances removal of lead pipes. Also remember Trump could not pass an infrastructure bill during his first term.
Lee
November 25, 2024 at 5:04 am
I wouldn’t let Dr. Lapdog treat a house plant.
This boot-licking toady would say anything if he felt it advanced his interests.
So it’s very little surprise when he comes and supports the crackpot crackers on our local city council here in Winter Haven.
White Spiteful Demon
November 25, 2024 at 8:17 am
A black mind is a terrible thing to waste on White Spiteful Demon
John Svendsen
November 25, 2024 at 8:55 am
As both an oral biologist, dentist and medical geologist that has spent years studying the effect of fluoridation of the teeth and bones I will say emphatically: fluoride is a toxic reactive halogen that has no place in our public water systems.
There are many “stakeholders” that benefit by keeping this toxin in our public water supply. The benefits are minimal and the risks are many. REMOVE FLUORIDE FROM OUR WATER: NOW!!
Mark
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 am
Amazing. The dentist wants a substance that reduces tooth decay removed from public drinking water. Need business that bad, doc?
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