According to the new recommendations the update was made, in part, to address an increasing prevalence of dental fluorosis (a staining of teeth linked to fluoride intake), in young people, and the fact that Americans now get fluoride from multiple sources, including toothpaste and dental rinses. About 200 million people in the U.S. had fluoridated community water systems in 2012, the report stated. While the federal government recommends water fluoridation for dental health, the decision to add fluoride to community water systems is made by state and local governments.
Whats interesting to me, is how do these people guarantee that a kid or a person only drinks so much water a day. They cant. I was a big kid, I was like 6 foot by the time I was 13 or 14. :( I still remember some woman telling me I was 16 when I was 11 and when I told her I really was 11 she just accused me of lying and to stop trick or treating since its for children ROFL. But I digress. I proably drank/ate more than your average person did as a teenager.
Funny thing is to much fluoride and kids end up with the "flourosis" where the enamel of the teeth are damaged and up yellow or brown.
In fact, they just lowered the amount of fluoride they put in the water a few years back federally, for this exact reason.
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/federal-government-calls-for-lowering-fluoride-levels-in-drinking-water/
Oh it was 2015, time flies I guess.
Whats interesting to me, is how do these people guarantee that a kid or a person only drinks so much water a day. They cant. I was a big kid, I was like 6 foot by the time I was 13 or 14. :( I still remember some woman telling me I was 16 when I was 11 and when I told her I really was 11 she just accused me of lying and to stop trick or treating since its for children ROFL. But I digress. I proably drank/ate more than your average person did as a teenager.