http://fr.canoe.ca/infos/quebeccanada/federales2011/archives/2011/04/20110429-211331.html

I hope they’re gonna get sued… Canada’s Radio Act requires that “a licenser may not broadcast … any false or misleading news.”

But I’ll continue to post Chandler’s Charlie Sheen-esque rants here. You can also follow Chandler updates over at http://site.chandlerslist.info/. I have no idea who runs this site, but I enjoy providing them with material!

The comments section in my article (here) brought out all the lunatic fringe, anti-fluoridation activists, as I see they’ve come here in force as well.

I addressed many of the same points you did, and discussed a few other arguments that you touch on. Isn’t it embarrassing that in 2011, we’re still dealing with this kind of paranoia (usually launched by middle-class and the affluent)?

Good article, and good luck. Reason and science lost in Waterloo, hopefully Calgary will fare better.

Again, you HAVE a choice. You can invest in bottled water or a filtration system. You *have* that choice.

And no, I do not have it backwards. The poor and disadvantages are *not* the ones kvetching about fluoridated water … they are in fact the very ones who benefit most. (Read the data). They are far more concerned about keeping a roof over their and being able to pay their bills to simply keep the water turned on than they are about fluoridation.

You say “Again, 98% of western europe refuses to fluoridate their water based at least partly on this human rights issue”. No, actually it’s *not* a human rights issue at all. The don’t have fluoridated water because they have fluoridated salt.

But you are free to keep inventing your own reality to serve your flawed logic.

As for this: “ask yourself why you are doing what you are doing and whether it is promoting the general wellbeing of humanity or hindering it.”

Why I am doing what? Presenting facts and debunking conspiracies? Because I enjoy living in a world where facts matter.

And the fact is, fluoridated water – to use your words – “is promoting the general wellbeing of humanity”.

Further, shouldn’t you be doing something constructive with your time? The last time I checked, the AHS was a disorganized mess. Maybe you should focus on that instead of chasing conspiracies.

From what I can sense – you are willing to argue anything to promote your own agenda. You definitely aren’t interested in considering anything that has merit when it disagrees with what you are trying to promote. I think you need to ask yourself why you are doing what you are doing and whether it is promoting the general wellbeing of humanity or hindering it.

It’s true not all can afford a filtration system. However, those who can’t afford it are the LEAST likely to be worried about fluoridated water. In fact, they are the very ones who benefit — given that they are the ones who are unable to afford regular dental visits.

As for your assertion that skin absorbs the fluoride compound in fluoridated water … wow. I suggest you remove your tinfoil hat before commenting further. You are exposing yourself as a hardcore conspiracist.

Fact, straight from the Centres for Disease Control: “Physical contact with fluoride content water, such as bathing or dishwashing, is safe since fluoride does not pass through the skin.”

Talk about half-brained absurd things…

As for Western Europe, I’ll let the Epidemiologist (who commented on this post over at rabble.ca) answer your question:

“Besides the paranoid delusions about the communists causing it all, antifluoridationinsts confuse what they want to be true with what exists. For example they say most of Europe does not have fluoridation. True they do not have it in the water: they put it in the salt. So they still get it. And most European countries have strong public dental services especially focussed on the schools and disadvantaged. Do they intend to expand that service here from its current minimal state?”