"Last week, residents of Birmingham, Alabama, were informed that their drinking water would no longer contain fluoride.

[bich@apobangpo.space]

"Last week, residents of Birmingham, Alabama, were informed that their drinking water would no longer contain fluoride. Then came a twist: It turned out that their water utility had, without telling the public, actually stopped adding it years ago."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/alabama-no-fluoride-water-years-rcna265517

#PublicHealth #water #fluoride #dental #teeth #ToothDecay #prevention #alabama

[moss@kind.social]

@bich dental pita
- someone whose municipality doesn’t do fluoride

Conspiracy theorists need to get new hobbies.

Maybe writing fan fiction? It’s rewarding, gives you supportive community, plenty of chance to research and have opinions about not real facts, and teaches a creative skill.
(No offense to fan fic writers ; I was once amongst ye ranks 🫡)

[huntingdon@mstdn.social]

@bich

And yet the people of Birmingham, AL, were paying for fluoride treatment for their drinking water all those years the water treatment company was not providing it?