Fluoride Woes? Need Advice?
Question by Will: Fluoride woes? Need advice?
Ever since I discovered the dangers of fluoride in my city’s drinking water, I’ve felt cheated of a natural well-being. I think about how much I’ve consumed over the last two decades of my life, considering I’ve gone through years of iced-tea addiction as well, and I wonder how much my health will suffer in the future (or already has suffered) as a result. I particularly worry about the effects that it has had/will have on my IQ. While I’ve never had an IQ test done before, I scored around the 93rd percentile for my SAT, and I’ve read that SAT scores have a correlation to IQ. I know that I’m intelligent and creative, and I want to become an artist and a musician. It’s just that the more I read about the countless studies that have been done on children from towns of different fluoridation policies, the more I am frightened. I wonder what my mental state would be like if I was from one of the numerous European countries that forbids water fluoridation – how much higher would my IQ be? Would abstract and creative thinking come easier? Would I generate more complex art, music, and ideas in general? I feel like I deserve the mental state that I was genetically influenced to posses, without being compromised by the actions of corporate lobbyists regarding water fluoridation. I hate them. While I know that my intelligence is still fairly high, I am still angry that I was exposed to this to begin with, and that no one protected me from it.
If you are someone who thinks that fluoride promotes good health, don’t bother answering, which would just be repeating pseudo-scientific claims that are growing ever weaker. What I need real advice from people who don’t believe in the propaganda. Help.
Best answer:
Answer by sam
Honestly, I don’t see much of a question here. I mean, you have no way of knowing what could have been, nor is there any reason to lament. What could you possibly gain by that? You should focus your time and energies on promoting flouride awareness and changing your city’s ordinances! Focus your intelligence on accomplishing what you want to accomplish and quit worrying about “how much better you could have been.” For all you know, your body was good about expunging the extra flouride and it didn’t even have an effect on you. You’ll never know either way.
Answer by Keith
I don’t see any facts presented here to bolster your argument. Did you know that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has an incredibly detailed and Factual (gasp) website on Fluoridation?
If you are interested in fact here is the link.
http://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/
I wish you the wisdom to look at both sides before making a rash decision.
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