Board Thread:Watercooler 2.0/@comment-6198648-20130228045108/@comment-7010721-20130610143345

Actually, other countries in Europe switched to alternative methods to dispense fluoride (table salt and milk, I think), mostly to avoid the political fights over fluoridated water. To look only at water would be misleading.

Also, a lot of controversy in the US is because the US safety level for fluoride is higher than that suggested by the WHO (their level is still far above the levels in drinking water/other sources), so when the US lowered their guidelines on the basis of a scientific report, that was taken as proof that fluoride was unhealthy.

It's perfectly fine for your health and excellent for dental/oral health at the levels most countries mandate it. It's only when you get way above those levels that you start to get problems, which is the case with nearly everything.

@Ino--I'm curious as to your thoughts on the Sandy Hook shootings. Some of those you suggested, I could see as potentially being conspiracies, like the sinking of the USS Maine, but I don't understand your reasoning behind the Sandy Hook and Aurora shootings.