“It’s ok when you’re a kid. But we’re grown ups here.”
Florida’s top doctor, Surgeon General Dr. Joeseph Ladapo, compared fluoridation supporters to Charlie Brown’s Linus for their petulant refusal to let go of their fluoride security blanket despite strong data showing children are being harmed at current fluoride exposure levels.
“We have professionals – they’re doctors, dentists, public health leaders – who are holding onto fluoridation like that blanket. It doesn’t matter what the evidence shows… they’re just holding onto it. And it’s ok when you’re a kid. But we’re grown ups here. We’re adults. We’re responsible for the lives of other people and we need to make good decisions.”
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