I miss the days when (R) rightly mocked and ridiculed political leaders who told us what we should need/want as consumers. Now their s.upporters cheer it on.
BTW, Trump has said maybe the kids who now get 30 dolls will now only get 2-3 …has he said what the kids who now get 1 doll will get?
And Texas' AG is after our toothpaste now. From WSJ editorial board:
It’s harder to tell the difference these days between Republicans and left-wing Democrats. Take Ken Paxton, the Texas Attorney General and Senate candidate whose idea of a good government cause is to sue . . . toothpaste makers. Mr. Paxton said last week he is investigating Colgate-Palmolive Co., which makes the Colgate brand paste, and
Procter & Gamble, which makes Crest. Their offense? He says they’ve been “marketing toothpaste products to parents and children in ways that are misleading, deceptive, and dangerous.”
He’s out to nail what he thinks is the vast fluoride toothpaste conspiracy. Mr. Paxton claims there is a “statistically significant association” between children who ingested too much fluoride and lower IQ scores. He says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends only a “rice-sized ‘smear’” for three-years old and the American Dental Association (ADA) recommends “no more than a pea-sized amount” for children between three and six.
Guess who else endorses the pea-sized amount? The toothpaste sellers, who put the same recommendation clear as day on their children’s toothpaste labels. The label on Crest Kids toothpaste says “use a pea-sized amount in children under 6.”
Mr. Paxton says he must act to ensure the toothpaste makers are not “putting Texas families in peril through their false, misleading, and deceptive marketing.” But the CDC website says fluoride “helps both children and adults prevent cavities.” The addition of fluoride to drinking water since 1962 is “1 of 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century.”
Mr. Paxton points to a 2024 National Toxicology Program study to suggest that fluoride is harming children, but the ADA says the study considered children who received fluoride levels twice what’s in drinking water. Fluoride has improved oral health, especially in rural communities. American Dental Association President Brett Kessler says dentists “see on a daily basis the benefits of fluoride—from both drinking fluoridated water and topically in products like fluoride toothpaste.”
Mr. Paxton is running against incumbent GOP Sen. John Cornyn, and he must figure there are primary votes in mimicking Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who blames fluoride for a laundry list of health problems. Oh, and the AG is also going after
General Mills for dyes in breakfast cereals. He really is running against Lucky Charms.
As I recall some of y'all were up in arms over gas stoves and wood fired pizza ovens. I can't help but note there is actual for real evidence that fluoride has very significant health
benefits. And gas stoves and wood fired overs have actual for real health
hazards. Crazy.
