Professor Lindsay McLaren
Appearances
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
When that all came out, it was just fascinating to me. Like, oh, we're not going to have fluoride in the water anymore. Isn't that interesting?
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
And like the hate mail came instantly. Like we got hate mail immediately. Saying what? Yeah. Oh, just like, you know, you guys are liars and, you know, you're fraudulent. And I was like, oh, okay, this is very interesting. You're like, let's dive deeper into this field where I'm getting hit. Exactly. Exactly. Because I actually and I feel like this is something where I was kind of misunderstood.
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
Like I was actually genuinely open to some of the comments I was receiving.
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
So they were just all over the city, you know, for an entire year.
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
In fact, the kids... Kids seemed to find it kind of fun. And like we'd have sort of groups of five kids come in at a time and be on deck. And like they'd be dancing around and like they thought it was fun because they got pulled out of class. And because of the dental light, we had sunglasses for them and they loved the sunglasses. Like they were just walking around like they were so cool.
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
So what did they say? So the prevalence of dental caries in Calgary kids in their baby teeth was about 65%. Fluoride no longer in the water anymore.
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
Yeah, yeah. So that's the percent of kids that have any cavities at all.
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
And this was by far the largest majority in our history. In the past, it's been more like, you know, 49-51 type of thing. Oh, wow. Yeah, so this was quite a strong sign of support.
Science Vs
Fluoride: Is Your Water Safe?
Yes, at recommended optimal concentrations. And keep the research going. So don't cut research funding. That seems like a pertinent thing to say right now.