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Should we really be allowing the state to compulsorily medicate the population? That makes as much sense as your post. |
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Should we allow the state to tarmac our roads? If people drove 4x4s there should be no problem. But on topic, the government shouldn't be in the business of tamping with our drinking water. Whether it harms or helps is moot, it's not their place. Their job stops at providing clean drinking water. |
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But on topic, the government shouldn't be in the business of tamping with our drinking water. Whether it harms or helps is moot, it's not their place. Their job stops at providing clean drinking water. |
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It's hardly irrelevant. If adding flouride to drinking water makes us healthier then the government has an obligation to do so. If it doesn't, then they don't. |
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There's a lot of things the government could do that could be said to be for our health. People bitch about every new health code, but I'm afraid no where in the constitution will you find it stated that the "government can't tell me what to do!" |
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dudes.... you do realize that fluoride occurs naturally in ground water, and in some cases water has to be De-fluoridated. |
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This study seems to think so. Look, I can agree that perhaps adding fluoride to the water for everyone isn't necessarily the best idea. This is especially true considering that so many people are dependent on bottled water these days, and would not get the benefit of tap water fluoridation (there are a couple of interesting articles from the past few months demonstrating how this may have contributed to the dramatic resurgence of caries in very young kids). However, the obsession with fluoride highly reminds me of the vaccine debacle. |
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What about banning junk food? That would probably make people healthier. Should junk food be banned? 1. Tax fast food meals that do not meet minimum health standards by 300%. 2. Nationalize all supermarket chains and use revenue from fast food tax to expand co-ops and greenmarkets. 3. Ban all forms of fast food marketing that target specific urban or ethnic demographics. 4. Mandate healthy cafeteria servings for every school. No exemptions. Students can't bring their junk food from home. 5. Ban HFCS. 6. Ban the use of trans-fat in restaurant food. |
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1. Tax fast food meals that do not meet minimum health standards by 300%. less regulation, less taxpayer money spendt, same effect |
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or simply stop subsidising corn farmers, which makes HFCS more expensive, which in turn makes addicting fast food more expensive |
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If banning junk fast-food were effective, yes, but an outright ban would be less effective in reducing obesity than other measures I've outlined elsewhere: |
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The problem is that junk food is extremely cheap to produce. A gallon of purple drink is often cheaper than a gallon of water, and you can eat a meal at McDonalds for $2. Better education is the only way to improve the future generation's eating habits. I fortunately grew it up a very health conscious household, so I consider myself lucky. However if the only health education I received was from our public school system, I'd probably be 300lbs. Health education is a joke. We've had health education in public schools since at least the 1980s and obesity is still skyrocketing. It's a feel good measure that doesn't step on any toes. Human desire for cheap junk food is far too strong. Unless tougher measures are taken, nothing will change. |
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