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I am neither for nor against it. But I do find it funny how conservatives preach about keeping government out of our lives....yet are for government placing additives into our water.

 

Like toxic fracking fluids.

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Well, there's keeping government out of your life - an abstract concept at best unless you require a scapegoat for a life that will most likely remain shitty regardless, then there's establishing policies within the government we have to increase the opportunity for a better life for all of us.

 

The former is simple: smaller government. The latter, well, that's a bit more complicated and best left to grown ups. It isn't, but it would be nice if it was.

 

 

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In his report, Oral Health in America: A Report of the Surgeon General, David Satcher, MD, PhD noted that tooth decay is the single most common chronic childhood disease—five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than hay fever. Dr. Satcher’s report characterizes dental disease as a “silent epidemic” and there is ample evidence that Oregon suffers from its share of this problem. For example, in Smiles Survey 2002, the Oregon Department of Human Services found:

 

More than 50 percent of Oregon’s children suffer from dental decay and 25 percent have decay that has not been treated;

Children who qualify for free and reduced-price meal programs in school have substantially higher rates of decay and are more likely not to be treated;

Decay is more common among children of color and among children in non-English speaking households.

Fluoride reduces tooth decay in two important ways. When ingested, it is incorporated into the enamel of developing teeth before they erupt, making them more resistant to decay. After teeth erupt, topical fluoride continues to strengthen tooth structure to prevent decay and promote the remineralization of enamel. Decay occurring along the gum line and on root surfaces, usually seen in older patients, is also decreased by fluoride use.

 

Fluoridation is considered beneficial by the overwhelming majority of health and scientific communities, including the American Dental Association, the American Medical Association, the World Health Organization, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly 100 national and international organizations endorse community water fluoridation,and every U.S. Surgeon General since 1950 has endorsed fluoridation. After 60 years of research and experience, the vast weight of scientific evidence shows that fluoridation is safe and effective.

 

 

The case for water fluoridation

 

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Yes they should. They should also force all you fatties to exercise. And wear a dog collar that shocks the piss out of you every time you try and cram some junk food down your pie hole.

 

Are you really the same windshirt kid everyone was picking on 10 years ago, nolse?

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Yes they should. They should also force all you fatties to exercise. And wear a dog collar that shocks the piss out of you every time you try and cram some junk food down your pie hole.

 

Are you really the same windshirt kid everyone was picking on 10 years ago, nolse?

 

In the flesh. Only I still climb and everyone else got fat and took up skiing. :fahq::laf::battlecage:

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I respect my snowboarding bretheren and sisteren for their ability to hump that extra weight.

 

Regarding kilojoules of fossil fuel burned per meter of altitude climbed, while John may well hold the current world's record, safe to say most of us share in the guilt there. Solidly a first world issue.

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