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Small-Scale Question Sunday for October 9, 2022

Do you have a dumb question that you're kind of embarrassed to ask in the main thread? Is there something you're just not sure about?

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All the mice models on fluoridated water (in amounts comparable to artificially fluoridated drinking water) show negative behavioral results

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0045653518319258

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31&q=fluoride+animal+behavior&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1665431458606&u=%23p%3DuJB1SuQhg9cJ

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C31&q=fluoride+mice&btnG=#d=gs_qabs&t=1665431688159&u=%23p%3DEEsRfJ6wwu4J

In particular the effects seem to increase anxiety and depression, and reduce exploration.

Is this not highly significant when (1) all the fluoride human studies focus on IQ, not behavior, (2) it is absurdly easily to use more than the recommended amount of toothpaste? see

I only read the first one which was interesting, but it’s worth pointing out that they were using a 100x greater concentration than you would typically find in tap water (https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/faqs/public-service-recommendations.html)

And because this thread is for dumb questions: did the US government promote fluoride in order to “domesticate” the population, ie reducing the human version of mouse exploration?

Was this a known effect of fluoride when it was introduced to water supplies?

Not sure, but the Gov is big on secret programs of course