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News & Current Events Apr 13, 2026 at 7:25 PM

Iran war has some US water utilities facing a fluoride shortage

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Iran war has some US water utilities facing a fluoride shortage
AP News
Iran war has some US water utilities facing a fluoride shortage
Some U.S. water utilities are reporting that the Middle East war is disrupting their ability to maintain recommended fluoride levels in the drinking water.
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timblunts Apr 13, 2026 +594
RFK's brain worm is overjoyed 
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Tyler10274 Apr 13, 2026 +70
"You feel the parasite squirm in your head. It's awake, powerful, almost smug." - My RFK druid after being brain damaged by the Zath'isk's lack of fluoride.
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WoodenInternet Apr 13, 2026 +12
In my mind the brain worm has Krang's voice
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Discount_Extra Apr 13, 2026 +3
I don't remember that voice... I'm going with Mother Brain from Captain N
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littlerelaxation Apr 14, 2026 +2
Core memory unlocked
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Time_News_8452 Apr 14, 2026 +1
Or Starscream from the Transformers animated series.
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Aurizen_Darkstar Apr 13, 2026 +64
Dentists are probably going to be happy as clams with all of the extractions and fillings they'll have to do in the near future.
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Niceromancer Apr 13, 2026 +67
Sure they will make money but they generally prefer people do maintenance instead of coming in for extractions etc.
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Aurizen_Darkstar Apr 13, 2026 +21
Most do, yes. But there are still those that won’t look a gift horse in the mouth. I’ve dealt with both types, and prefer the ones you describe, obviously. 😂
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meddle_class Apr 13, 2026 +14
I just assume that the horse's mouth is the first thing that any dentist would look at. Source: a proctologist /s
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XDFighter64 Apr 14, 2026 +5
Idk, every dentist I've seen is always swamped with appointments one after another looking super stressed My current one is always in and out, onto the next person asap keeping up with their schedule Doesn't seem like they want any more work, lol
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UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy Apr 14, 2026 +3
Dentists much prefer their work when they can leave 90% of it to the hygienist 
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zedkyuu Apr 13, 2026 +6
Haha, I was thinking… don’t a bunch of them think fluoride either turns you trans or into an anthropomorphic turtle?
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SampireBat13 Apr 14, 2026 +5
"The water is trans-ing our genders and ninja-ing our turtles." - RFK probably
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Niceromancer Apr 13, 2026 +171
Many people don't understand how important your mouth is to fighting disease. You digestive tract is probably the number two hero for fighting disease right behind your skin. Rotting teeth leads to higher rates of infections.
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TallShreddedShyBoy Apr 13, 2026 +115
Honestly, dental care should be included with healthcare. You can literally die from an infected tooth, and dental problems in general, do lower people's quality of life. Broken, missing and infected teeth should be covered under general healthcare.
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berrikerri Apr 14, 2026 +55
Vision too! Why do I have to hold 3 separate insurances?!?! Burn this system down
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KingRBPII Apr 14, 2026 +8
All healthcare for no cost
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terminalzero Apr 14, 2026 +2
vanity bones
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pte_omark Apr 14, 2026 +15
Infections, diabetes, heart condition.... Dental health is a major factor in them all.
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sth128 Apr 14, 2026 +2
>You digestive tract is probably the number two hero Number two, you say? That's quite the heavy load.
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Traditional-Bed-6369 Apr 14, 2026 -4
I haven't brushed my teeth since November 2024
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Dark_Shade_75 Apr 14, 2026 +2
Checks out for the crypto weirdo.
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Traditional-Bed-6369 Apr 14, 2026 -2
I don't eat candy or drink soda pop and genuinely feel like a good balance of fruits, vegetables, high content alcohol without sugar and black coffee is the perfect teeth preservation
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Dark_Shade_75 Apr 14, 2026 +1
I can only imagine how terrible your breath is. I'd tell you not to procreate, but ain't no one dating your ass lmao
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Traditional-Bed-6369 Apr 14, 2026 -1
You would be shockingly surprised at how pretty my wife is and also the fact that it is her request that I never brush my teeth.  She wants kids but I keep telling her we gotta wait for our Bitcoin accumulation and generational wealth gains
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Alexandria_Magna Apr 16, 2026 +1
No way this guy’s real.
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Traditional-Bed-6369 Apr 16, 2026 +1
It's all real.. Bitcoin will probably be worth 1 million dollars per coin within 15 years and I've never had a cavity
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Alexandria_Magna Apr 16, 2026 +1
Uh huh. Right.
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Traditional-Bed-6369 Apr 16, 2026 +1
You know you're actually shooting yourself in the foot by saving dollars instead of bitcoin... over time the trade is always going to be less Bitcoin for more dollars and more dollars for less Bitcoin.  Bitcoin is deflationary.  Everything gets cheaper.  Dollars lose value as its inflationary.  Everything gets more expensive.  If you want more food gas, clothes and specifically more dollars to have in 5 or 10 years you better save in Bitcoin
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DirtDevil1337 Apr 13, 2026 +114
Fluoride is more important than people think. The city of Calgary cut fluoride from their water systems and a year later the number of kids with nasty teeth problems skyrocketed. The city decided to put it back into the system.
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BoldestKobold Apr 13, 2026 +71
I feel like we are only ever like 2 generations away from forgetting why we did any given OBVIOUSLY and UNIVERSALLY good thing. Two generations, and someone says "This is dumb, why are we spending money on X?" And we have to re learn the consequences over and over. This applies to public works, public health, education, urban planning, international relations, economics, whatever you want.
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SpikeHyzerberg Apr 14, 2026 -11
most of my state has no fluoride in public water like 75-80% ..over 70 years Portland OR has not fluoridated its water cavity rates would rank among the 15th lowest in the U.S. compared to statewide data from the CDC, we have similar dental decay rates to fluoridated cities regional dental habits, access to care, and economic factors played a larger role in cavity rates than water fluoridation alone
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RockPaperOwFire Apr 14, 2026 +12
Meanwhile the quickest of google searches shows that Oregon has some of the worst children’s oral health in the nation. 49% of children get cavities before they’re 9. And 35% of that 49% are untreated due to financial cost.
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SpikeHyzerberg Apr 14, 2026 -9
look at rates between income, rural v/s urban has nothing to do with fluoride in the water. it has to do with how well parents take care of their kids oral health.
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RockPaperOwFire Apr 14, 2026 +10
Except when you compare places that fluoridate that problem doesn’t exist. Weird. It’s almost like we add fluoride to water because it helps and it’s a NATURALLY OCCURRING MINERAL OUR BODIES NEED THAT GETS REMOVED IN TREATMENT AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. The “taking care of your oral health” is access to f****** fluoridated products like going to the dentist and getting a fluoride mask on your teeth. So… FLUORIDE. SOMETHING THAT CAN EASILY BE GIVEN TO EVERYONE. Y’all are so harmful to human health Jesus f***. If you can’t compare data properly stop having an opinion on the matter that’s already solved science. “It only hurts poor people without dental care access” WOW ITS ALMOST LIKE THATS WHO IT HELPS THE MOST.
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SpikeHyzerberg Apr 15, 2026
"already solved science" topical application like from $2.50 toothpaste is way more effective and safer than systemic fluoride. there is plenty of science proving its toxicity. it is not just the 170 communities in the US that have stopped it since 2010. Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, and Germany—do not fluoridate their water, often citing ethical or health concerns.
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Additional-Peak3911 Apr 13, 2026 +87
I thought RFK Jr was just on TV giving an update to this but it turns out my wife was making a smoothie
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lesvegetables Apr 13, 2026 +33
Did she drop a spoon into the blender?
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NotThatHandsomePete Apr 13, 2026 +40
RFK's 4D chess. Where's Charlie Day to put the pieces together?
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DazDaSpazz Apr 13, 2026 +15
Does this mean no more gay frogs?
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Awkwardischarge Apr 14, 2026 +5
They'll probably settle on bi. We're still dumping enough chemtrails on them to keep from from being fully straight.
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Atralis Apr 13, 2026 +20
In my city (Aurora Colorado) we don't add fluoride because it's in the water supply from the mountains at just around the recommended level. That is true in a lot of the Denver metro area. Colorado Springs actually removes some fluoride from their water because naturally it's there in super high amounts. The Springs is actually the reason we found out the effects of fluoride. https://coloradosun.com/2024/12/09/colorado-springs-fluoride-rfk-jr/ *Residents’ teeth looked gawdawful — stained dark brown with what the dentist, Dr. Frederick S. McKay, called “mottled enamel.” But there was a shockingly low incidence of tooth decay in those chocolate-colored chompers*
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karateninjazombie Apr 13, 2026 +14
So they have spare fluoride they can sell to other states. Win win!
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TRtheCat Apr 13, 2026 +9
Self inflicted wounds are usually the worst.
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nathism Apr 13, 2026 +9
Now we know the true objective of the war, “Only Pure Essence”. General Ripper would be proud, hopefully there’s a Mandrake around.
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TheManWithNoSchtick Apr 14, 2026 +5
"I can no longer sit back and allow communist subversion, communist indoctrination, and the ongoing international communist conspiracy to sapp and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids!"
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theClumsy1 Apr 13, 2026 +21
>Israel is one of the world’s top exporters of fluorosilicic acid, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. EPA data also shows the U.S. is among the world’s top five importers of the product. >At least one Israeli supplier has been facing workforce challenges because many employees have been called into active military service, said Dan Hartnett, chief policy officer for the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies. Oh....so its manufactured suppy crunch
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jazzhandler Apr 13, 2026 +6
Oh I’m sure *that’s* not gonna feed any conspiracizers.
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theClumsy1 Apr 13, 2026 +4
If its any other chemical company, Its being made with a skeleton crew. Raw Material production is soooo much easier to automate than assembly.
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Blubbolo Apr 13, 2026 +2
Didn't some state over there decided to stop with fluoride?
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blankvoidoid Apr 13, 2026 +2
That jackass rfk jr is happy about that, I'll bet. Him and big dental
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TheStockFatherDC Apr 14, 2026 +2
We bout to be WOKE.
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Toni_PWNeroni Apr 14, 2026 +2
Whoever owns stock in dental consumables is about to make a lot of money
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my-name-is-squirrel Apr 14, 2026 +2
As concerning as this is, I'm more worried about the effects of the Strait's closure on supplies of fertilizer. Something like 20-25 percent of fertilizer comes through the Strait.
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MaxGoldFilms Apr 14, 2026 +2
Prices in the US are already up 40-50%, and deliveries are delayed. It's worse for many other nations that are already borderline on food supplies. Trump has the potential to starve millions of people if he doesn't chill the f*** out.
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firefighter26s Apr 13, 2026 +2
Huh, who would have guessed that we ship all the fluoride through the strait of Hormuz too! /s
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Knees0ck Apr 14, 2026 +2
Are they gonna use the war to renew their attack on fluoride? It was something that was tossed around some time ago & the inbred step-child that is Florida's government went hard in.
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crookdmouth Apr 14, 2026 +1
Isn't there many places with dentist shortages too. Nice combo.
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danicareddit Apr 14, 2026 +1
Dentists nation wide are doing happy dance. They about to get paid 🤑🤑🤑
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everydave42 Apr 14, 2026 +3
The same dentists that for generations have been championing fluoride in water…I guess if they’re gonna be ignored they might as well get paid.
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IMGcertified Apr 14, 2026 +1
...American leadership really do not care about our troops. Its just marketing that makes us think they do.. They need the recruitment
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chrisbcritter Apr 14, 2026 +1
RFK Jr. rubs hands maniacally.
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Base841 Apr 14, 2026 +1
Could this be the reason why conservatives have been against fluoridation for decades? They've been preparing for a war with Iran since the 1960's. They've played the ultimate long game! (/s, of course)
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GuitarGeezer Apr 14, 2026 +1
Not surprised, but good to know. The helium (necessary for chip fabs) and fertilizer problems (food) have gotten most of the non-oil commodity attention and they are potentially disastrous. I bet more shoes will drop.
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Sorry-Belt-3514 Apr 14, 2026 +1
Jokes on you! We don’t use fluoride in FL. Damn city slickers.
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The-John-Galt-Line Apr 15, 2026 +1
Do you realize that flouridation of water is the most monstrously conceived and nefarious communist plot that we have ever had to face? t. Gen. Jack Ripper
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Large_Instruction328 Apr 14, 2026 -1
I’m from the industry and can tell you that fluoride is not needed in our drinking water.
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stu54 Apr 14, 2026 +2
Depends where you are. Some natural water sources have too much, some have too little. Fluorine is the 13th most abundant element on the surface of the Earth.
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StrDstChsr34 Apr 13, 2026 -6
Wow, one piece of good news about the Iran war finally
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uncager Apr 13, 2026 -33
This is great news. You want to protect your teeth? Practice good dental hygiene, and teach your children. Don't force the public to ingest a chemical that's cumulative in the body. You want to drink fluoridated water? Fine. Buy it and drink it - I've seen it in markets.
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PopeslothXVII Apr 13, 2026 +15
This is like saying we should ban iodine in salt or vitamin d supplementation in milk or calcium fortified bread because it's all "cumulative" in the body.
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uncager Apr 13, 2026 -10
No, but you aren't forced to buy salt, milk or bread containing added supplements. Also, iodine, D and calcium are all essential nutrients. Fluoride is not.
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PopeslothXVII Apr 13, 2026 +7
Fluoride isn't required but is extremely beneficial to long term health. And the amount in water is so low you'd die of water poisoning long long LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG before you'd even be in the vague vicinity of fluoride toxicity or problematic levels in your system. I swear you anti fluoride clowns don't understand the concept that dose makes the poison AND the medicine.
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lew_rong Apr 14, 2026 +1
The people concerned about its effects on testosterone and sperm count were probably *always* going to need to see someone about that anyway.
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tomaznewton Apr 13, 2026 -18
well this is a win for the MAHA folks.. cant ppl just use mouthwash? if its dire??
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Denimcurtain Apr 13, 2026 +14
They won't use mouthwash. We'll just end up with worse drinking water and people losing teeth quicker which will make healthcare and dentalcare more expensive.
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Pardot42 Apr 13, 2026 +6
"Cant we just make people pay for the thing that was free?"
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A_Nonny_Muse Apr 13, 2026 -10
Flouride is something one can go without for a week or so. Just put it in the water every three days and you can make it last three times longer.
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