Utah has become the first state in the nation to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water.
Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed the legislation with little fanfare Thursday, and it will take effect May 7.
The push to ban fluoride comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has expressed skepticism and sometimes outright hostility about water fluoridation, which is considered one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century.
Posted by GeneralCarlosQ17
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Great now all the Mormons are actually going to start making sense.
How is this a conspiracy?
The city of Calgary in Canada banned floutide in 2011, and voted to unban it in 2021 after youth dental issues spiked.
Dentists in Utah will be thrilled for the surge in patients ….
One interesting issue is that fluoride may have a similar passifying effect as lithium. Removing it (while I’m generally in favour of it) might well lead to elevated violence. I believe many jurisdictions specifically readded fluoride during the COVID period in order to calm people down.