The Health Service Executive Says You Must Drink Fluoridated Tapwater

FourAM

According to the fluoridesandhealth Ireland website, the Health Service Executive says that you must consume fluoride with your tap water because "Ireland is amongst the worst countries in Europe for high frequency consumption of sweets and confectionery by children and adolescents, therefore the use of fluoridated toothpastes alone is insufficient to prevent tooth decay."

I don't know your opinion on this, but this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
Fluoride is linked to so many health problems. We don't need to be told by daddy government what we have to consume. Fluoride is more harmful than cannabis, which, stupidly, is illegal because it helps people. Fluoridating the water is done in total disregard for the public. Fluoride is poison. Not to mention I get a massive headache that will not go away if I drink too much of it. There's a petition to stop the fluoridation, I wish more people would sign it. Thoughts?

gctest50

It'd be more in their line to fix this :

FourAM wrote: »

......Ireland is amongst the worst countries in Europe for high frequency consumption of sweets and confectionery by children and adolescents........

but that might require actual effort from the HSE

1 in 4 kids now overweight
6 in 10 adults overweight

http://health.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/A-Healthy-Weight-for-Ireland-Obesity-Policy-and-Action-Plan-2016-2025.pdf

BoJack Horseman

FourAM wrote: »

Thoughts?

Where is the politics?

alastair

FourAM wrote: »

According to the fluoridesandhealth Ireland website, the Health Service Executive says that you must consume fluoride with your tap water because "Ireland is amongst the worst countries in Europe for high frequency consumption of sweets and confectionery by children and adolescents, therefore the use of fluoridated toothpastes alone is insufficient to prevent tooth decay."

I don't know your opinion on this, but this is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
Fluoride is linked to so many health problems. We don't need to be told by daddy government what we have to consume. Fluoride is more harmful than cannabis, which, stupidly, is illegal because it helps people. Fluoridating the water is done in total disregard for the public. Fluoride is poison. Not to mention I get a massive headache that will not go away if I drink too much of it. There's a petition to stop the fluoridation, I wish more people would sign it. Thoughts?

Thoughts? Fluoridated water is not more harmful than cannabis. In fact it's not harmful at all in the dilute form it's limited to. Your headache is more likely to be caused by subscribing to conspiracy theories than the water you drink.

Speedwell

FourAM wrote: »

Not to mention I get a massive headache that will not go away if I drink too much of it.

Hyponatremia.

kirving

FourAM wrote: »

Not to mention I get a massive headache that will not go away if I drink too much of it.

Drinking too much water, a condition known as Hyponatremia.

Hyponatremia signs and symptoms may include:

Nausea and vomiting
Headache
Confusion
Loss of energy and fatigue
Restlessness and irritability
Muscle weakness, spasms or cramps
Seizures
Coma

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hyponatremia/basics/symptoms/con-20031445

Cookie_Monster

FourAM wrote: »

Fluoride is linked to so many health problems. ?

except it's not, no more than the link between vaccines and autism is real.

Fluoride is poison.

everything is is large enough quantities... even water

ancapailldorcha

I don't see a political angle to this so I am closing the thread. OP, I can move this somewhere else if you'd like. Conspiracy theories might suit it...