Some Anglosphere countries (USA, Canada, Ireland, Australia) love to add fluoride in water. They say it’s good for people’s dental health.

Europeans (Germany, Finland, Italy, France, Netherlands, Switzeland) think it’s wrong/unethical.

There is actually regular controversy around this

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/fluoridated-drinking-water/

Do they put fluoride in your drinking water ? Are you happy with that?

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    UK here. We have fluoride in our water. My understanding is it’s good for teeth and helps prevent dental problems with little/no downsides.

    My dad is a conspiracy theorist nut who thinks it’s a government mind control agent or something so both sides get purchase over here.

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      We’ve had it in the UK since before 1964.

      I’m curious as to what negative impact your dad thinks its had considering he’s been drinking it his entire life…

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        Honestly I’m not sure. Probably the same as the chem trails and 5g, he’s all in on the conspiracies these days.