Statistics reveal that fluoride has been added to approximately 70% of public water supplies in the U.S. for decades to prevent tooth decay. This fact became a point of contention in a recent Saturday Night Live sketch. The sketch, aired on April 12, featured Jon Hamm, Scarlett Johansson, and Sarah Sherman in a parody of The White Lotus. Aimee Lou Wood, who played Chelsea in the show, criticized the sketch on Instagram on April 13, calling it mean and unfunny. Wood specifically took issue with a line about fluoride and its impact on teeth, feeling it targeted her character unfairly. Despite her criticism, Wood made it clear her disapproval was directed at the concept, not Sherman’s performance. Wood has previously discussed the attention her teeth receive in interviews, expressing frustration over the focus on her appearance rather than her acting.
Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
@NicHulscher
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Mar 10 LONG overdue. Fluoride is highly toxic and not an essential nutrient for any biological function. Water fluoridation lowers IQ (Taylor et al) while failing to prevent tooth decay (Cochrane Review). For every 1-mg/L increase in fluoride in a child’s urine, their IQ score decreased
Jon Entine
@JonEntine
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Apr 8 Let’s stop with this anti-flouride hysteria. About 0.6% of the U.S. population — approximately 1.9 million people — are on water systems with naturally occurring fluoride levels of 1.5 milligrams per liter or higher. These high levels are naturally occurring and not the result of
Fat Finger
@FatFingerFinds
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Apr 8 In August, a US govt report determined “with moderate confidence” that there is a link between higher levels of fluoride exposure and lower IQ in children, in particular that fluoride levels of 1.5ppm in water lower IQ from 2-5 points.Do you want Fluoride in US tap water?
Rapid Response 47
@RapidResponse47
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Apr 10 — Fluoride is the only chemical added to drinking water that does not treat the water; it is added to water only for medicinal purposes.— Most industrialized nations, including much of Europe, do not add fluoride to their water — and it has had no discernible detriment on their
Genetic Literacy Project
@GeneticLiteracy
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Apr 7 The level of fluoride used in U.S. water (less than 0.7 parts per million) is so low it’s measured in drops per bathtub. Fluoride toxicity isn’t just unlikely—it’s mathematically absurd. ‘A child weighing 22 pounds would need to drink 15 gallons of fluoridated water’ every day
sneer¿
@TheSneerReview
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Apr 10 Fun fact, the “low” fluoride levels that serve as the controls in studies that have identified “profound IQ loss” are at or above the standard 0.7 ppm levels at which US public water supplies are maintained.
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