FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove fluoride products used to protect kids' teeth

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RFK and his followers are huge proponent of dietary supplements, and yet they insist on targeting this out of all of the possible other vitamins and minerals because it's benefits are perhaps the most widely accepted.

It’s almost mental illness. I know a family where they filter their water to remove the “chemicals” but eat peach pits for the cyanide compounds that supposedly have health effects.

The common theme is to reject the maximally accepted wisdom in favour of the least accepted. The greater the difference the better.

There is a type of comfort gained by discovering “secret knowledge” while avoiding “the trap everyone else fell into”.

I think you just perfectly described the Internet.

So when does the investigation on the accuracy of instruments that measure the roundness of the Earth begins?

I think it’s about time we revisit the heliocentric hoax.

Good! Our precious bodily essences will be purer for this.

My humours!

"I'm not afraid of women, Mandrake. But I do deny them my essence."

I thought the reason we don't need fluoridated water any more is because of the widespread availability and use of fluoridated toothpastes.

Fluoride tablets and lozenges are bad for kids. Fluoride toothpaste is good, and not being banned by RFK.

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