re: #174 LudwigVanQuixote

Well the benefits of fluoridated water to American teeth have been very well established.

Why does this fellow want it stopped? I think if you scratch him a little you will find a Bircher or some sort of other loon with a crazy theory about fluoride.

Well, there IS a Bircher in town who did start the anti-fluoride movement, but the City Council member took up the Bircher’s cause. The City Council member who took up the mantle describes himself as a “Progressive Democrat.” He also did a lot of work for Howard Dean’s Presidential campaign and worked for moveon.org too, if that helps to establish the kind of liberal that I’m dealing with here: crazy and wild-eyed.

He made a statement to me about vaccinations that interested me too:
“I am a biochemist and molecular biologist. Vaccines have played a crucial role in fighting disease, for example, vaccines eradicated Smallpox. I am concerned that vaccines are sometimes preserved with organic mercury (thimerosol), which is probably not ideal for something that is injected directly into the veins of children.”

Is that the mark of an anti-vaxxer?