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[-] Joker@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Great post... but where is the meme?

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

Welcome to Science Memes, where the science isn't memes and the memes aren't about science.

[-] jadelord@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Without Fluoride all the humour in the world dies.

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[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

How much oatmeal would I have to eat to die of fluoride poisoning?

[-] piecat@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

0.08mg per half cup serving, but may vary depending on water used. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Fluoride-HealthProfessional/

10mg is the accepted daily upper limit for an adult. So 62.5 cups of oatmeal to reach that max safe limit. https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Fluoride-Consumer/

Acute poisoning symptoms may appear as low as 10-15 mg/kg, lethal dose might be 32-64 mg/kg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoride_toxicity

So 200 to 400 cups of oatmeal per kg you weigh for a lethal dose. (32/0.08/2=200, 64/0.08/2=400)

[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

That's a lot of oatmeal.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

Lemminologist here:

the fluoride levels vary because that’s how numbers do in reality

[-] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

the people that need to hear this will never believe you.

[-] MidnightPocket@hexbear.net 7 points 1 week ago

I had the misfortune of eavesdropping on a conversation recently where some guy who was working in a bourgeoisie brewing facility recently switched jobs to work at a waste water treatment center and he was advocating for removing fluoride from water with a level of rationale that I have to assume he picked up from co-workers parroting information they heard on the Joe Rogan podcast.

[-] zephorah@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Next headline will be how fluoride contributes to autism and it will have just as much evidence as the vaccine bit does. How is this even a thing? Is ground zero on this RFK?

Meanwhile, all the people who can’t afford dentists will have even worse teeth going forward. Make America’s teeth British again.

[-] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Well look at the statistics:

Fluoride:

Water fluoridation in the United States began in the 1940s
By 1949, nearly 1 million Americans were receiving fluoridated tap water
In 1951, the number jumped dramatically to 4.85 million people
By 1952, the number nearly tripled again to 13.3 million Americans
In 1954, the number exceeded 20 million people
In 1965 an additional 13.5 million Americans gained access to fluoridated water.
By 1969, 43.7% of Americans had access to fluoridated tap water.
In 2000, approximately 162 million Americans (65.8% of the population served by public water systems) received optimally fluoridated water
2006: 69.2% of people on public water systems (61.5% of total population)
2012: 74.6% of people on public water systems (67.1% of total population)

Autism:

First recognised in the 1940s
During the 1960s and 1970s, prevalence estimates were approximately 0.5 cases per 1,000 children.
Prevalence rates increased to about 1 case per 1,000 children in the 1980s.
2000: 1 in 150 children
2006: 1 in 110 children
2014: 1 in 59 children
2016: 1 in 54 children
2020: 1 in 36 children

Seems pretty clear cut to me.

/s because people think I posted this in seriousness.