The outspoken mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, has been forced to admit he turned off the fluoridation of the city’s water supply for around five hours before discovering that he wasn’t actually allowed to do that. Last weekend, Mayor Dave Bronson—who made headlines this year for his defense of anti-vaccine protesters who wore the yellow Star of David to signal their supposed oppression—denied claims that he meddled with the city’s water supply.
However, in a Tuesday statement, he admitted it. Bronson’s office claimed workers complained to him that fluoride “burned the eyes and throats of staff who handled it,” leading to his decision to turn off the supply. However, that claim was disputed by union leaders who represent the workers. “It doesn’t make any sense,” said president of the Anchorage Municipal Employees Association, Jon Cecil. Conspiracists have been obsessed with the fluoridation of drinking water since the 1950s, falsely claiming that it’s a public-health risk or some form of population control. Bronson’s office said the supply was turned back on five hours after it was switched off after the action was found to violate the city’s municipal code. Read more at Alaska Republic.
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Fluoride is a very dangerous chemical that is cancer causing. Mr. Bronson is a hero and should be commended for what he did.
stupid is as stupid does
What does the guy being anti-vax have to do with his turning off the fluoride in the water?
He did it because workers for the waterworks were claiming to have been injured by the fluoride. Not because he is an all around nut. (which he may be in any case)
Anti-vaxxers are the intelligent ones. You vaxxer are the best proof how dumb vaxxers are. Do you know that the purpose of the vaxx is to get rid of the dummies in the world?
Falsely claiming it’s a public health risk.
Go and read the research. Its hardly a false claim.