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>>What chance would there be of adding lithium to our water supply?

I can imagine posters like "The government wants to drug us".

In fact, that was exactly a line used by the anti-fluoridation side when it was up for vote.

Li has those studies (US, JP, UK) going for it, with only 1/6 going against in the UK but having the lowest doses in the study. fluoride in drinking water have zero reputable academic sources confirming any efficacy.

So, just because some people are conspiracy theory nuts/paranoids/etc does not make them instantly wrong.

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