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Zero "cities" are debating it at all. The only people debating it are nazis, and it's not a debate. They're repeating nazi propaganda, in order to hurt the population. Australia spawned fox and sky nazi propaganda channels, and they're unendingly spreading nazi propaganda to the world.
Do something about your nazi problem, Australia.
Its absolutely insane that healthy and wealthy societies are actively undermining their future thanks to disinformation.
In the 80s, the “decade of water” that featured international attempts to ensure access to clean water around the world, many tap wells were installed in rural communities in places where they previously were consuming unclean surface water. These wells were a blessing at first, but also turned into a curse in some places because the wells were not dug deep enough.
Without digging deep enough to avoid high fluoride concentrations, they ended up having severe fluoride poisoning in their communities. Children that couldnt walk because their bones grew deformed, older people that lost decades off their lives because of it. It was a real nightmare. Even still, people kept using the water as it was better than even more poisonous options.
The fact that people in societies that have had the benefit of clean and properly fluoridated water for generations are now freaking out about fluoride is absolutely the dumbest shit imaginable. These people dont remotely understand the actual potential harms of fluoride, and where those threats actually come from. They dont come from drinking water that has fluoride additives. The risk comes from drinking water with extremely high naturally occurring levels of fluoride, which is magnitudes beyond the amount of fluoride that is intentionally added to municipal water systems
Have you seen toothpaste reviews, all that " I don't want flouride poisoning" crowd is here. Also it's funny to watch them complain about their Florida free toothpaste dint do anything for their teeth, in some cases it made things worse. If your using unknown off brand toothpastes that are also whitening, your going to expect some damage
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Sounds like just about the worst reading material (presumably) not written by Stephanie Meyer nor a bunch of medieval monks 😄
There are nazi fuckups in every society. They're the ones doing it, society just needs to clamp down on them. LIke they did for decades after WWII. Stop holding back against nazis that are doing their best to kill you every single day.
Are these the same people who complain about wind turbine syndrome?
Why change the title? Australia ≠ Queensland
This is like changing the title of any story about Florida to be about America.
If something is happening in Florida, it IS happening in America.
Because Florida is in America.
Just like Queensland is in Australia, you stupid cunt.
BUT just because florida is in America doesn't mean it is representative of the whole. It seems to be much the same with Queensland and Australia. You stupid cunt.
Maybe a meet in the middle solution (even if it’s a misguided emotionally driven recapturing of control movement) is something like:
« we’ll agree to remove fluoride from the water but in support/exchange we will ban the sale of bottled water in the same areas(or place a prohibitively high tax on their purchase). »
Since the sources of bottled water are often dubious and unregulated, it’s the best way to reduce the chance that fluoridated water finds its way into the community by bottle and reduces waste at the same time 🤷♀️
Use potential tax savings to subsidize fluoride treatment to families that are interested?