Florida became the second state in the country after Utah to ban local governments from adding fluoride to their public water systems.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the bill at Simpson Lakes in Dade City – about 38 miles northeast of Tampa – on Thursday. The law is set to go into effect on July 1.
“We certainly now, in our society in 2025, we have the ability to deliver fluoride through toothpaste and all these other things,” DeSantis said at an event for the signing of the bill. “You don’t gotta force it and take away people’s choices. But the whole crux of the issue is you should be able to make decisions on the basis of informed consent.”
“Forcing this in the water supply is trying to take that away from people who may want to make a different decision rather than to have this in water,” DeSantis added.
Another victory against the woke forces fighting tooth decay!!!
Literally the only chemicals any Republicans seem to care about regulating are flouride, progestin, and estradiol.
Cyanide, mercury, and benzene are all fair game.
don’t forget glyphosate & dioxins
Clearly Big Fluoride isn’t paying off the right people!
This but unironically.
DOW Chemical could have shut this down with a few Trumpcoin purchases.
90% of the people that agree with this legislation are living off diet soda, lite beer, and energy drinks - not pure water.
Hey… 😥
Is that “hey” as in “Hey, I think this legislation is stupid, but yes, I never drink water and bathing my teeth in high pH drinks all day long”
My teef are fine. I don’t know what you’re talking about.
You got more than one toof? Lucky
…you ever take it off any sweet jumps?..
Don’t listen to these fools, your body is a temple. 🙏
This moment of enlightenment brought to you by Mountain Dew Buddha Blast … like a holy hand grenade to your pancreas ™
It’s got electrolytes. It’s what plants crave
Drink water. It’s ok to drink other things, but in moderation.
And already lost their teeth years ago.
Because Florida didn’t have enough gap-toothed rednecks already….
“You don’t gotta force it and take away people’s choices. But the whole crux of the issue is you should be able to make decisions on the basis of informed consent.” “Forcing this in the water supply is trying to take that away from people who may want to make a different decision rather than to have this in water,” DeSantis added.
Next they should ban Oxygen. Because forcing oxygen into the air is trying to take away the informed consent of people who want to make a different decision than to breathe it in.
“informed” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.
Your constituents aren’t informed, you disingenuous polyp.
What if I want dirty air and water? Why would you take that away from me???
Oxygen causes oxidation.
Get rid of it!
If we are fighting chemicals and letting our water flow pure, add a ban to forever chemicals or PFAs which literally causes cancer and hold them ( 3M, DU Pont) responsible for it
Hey now, you can choose to live in a place without that in your water. /s
The argument DeSantis is making is stupid. You can already buy bottles water with no fluoride in it. How does that not satisfy his argument?
Once again proving Republicans are Fuuuucking stupid.
And when are we going to fix the real problem with our water. Too much hydrogen.
You mean not enough lead?
They just need to invest in H2Flow.
I recently found out my municipality does not add flouride to most of our water, because it’s naturally flouridated enough already to meet the recommended amount.
Apparently concrete water tanks, the type on a lot of rural houses, are naturally fluoridated. My kids have really good teeth which was a surprise given the number of fillings I had as a child.
How do I invest in Florida dentistry?
Most developed countries don’t do it either, like he says you can get enough of it from other sources, especially toothpaste.
via Fifty reasons to oppose fluoridation (2004)In Europe, only Ireland, Poland, Serbia, Spain, and the UK fluoridate their water. However, most developed countries, including Japan and 97% of the European population, do not consume fluoridated water. In Europe, only four countries have optional salt fluoridation (Germany, France, Switzerland, and Austria), while the majority have neither fluoridated water nor fluoridated salt.
You’re assuming this is in good faith. It is not. There is no good reason to stop doing it other than to signal to all the crazies and conspiracy whack jobs that they may be on to something.
That’s also not considering the lack of healthcare in the US compared to other developed nations. Fluoride in the water supply is doing way more heavy lifting here than in Europe.
Except it seems like every time a major area ceases water fluoridation the caries immediately increases compared to nearby areas. Until we see some hard benefits from removing fluoride from water that exceeds the benefits of fluoridation there’s no point in giving in to the fearmongering of conspiracy theorists
Uh oh better tell the Republicans they are doing something… European! Sounds like closet libs to me!
“You don’t gotta force it and take away people’s choices.”
Like, I don’t know, maybe abortion desantis YOU FUCKING MORON.
Florida is replacing the fluoride with citric acid and splenda.
Soon, electrolytes. It’s what plants crave!
Clown car shit
He’s taking the fluoride out of fluorida
For the purity of all our natural bodily fluids.
Dumbasses
