the government’s been trying to rewrite korean history textbooks to praise its past dictatorial regimes and trying to pin blame on protesters who tried to oppose them, please help us fight this outrage
This is HUGE news and no one is talking about it. The Lancet, the world’s oldest and most prestigious medical journal, recently published a report classifying Fluoride as a dangerous neurotoxin. The report puts Fluoride in the same category Arsenic, Lead, and Mercury. We are literally being mass medicated with a dangerous chemical that disrupts the health of our brains, especially in children. Many of us have suspected this for a long time, but it is insane to see the worlds top medical journal confirming it. Dont believe what I have written here. Read the report for yourself and share with everyone you know. We are under attack. http://download.thelancet.com/pdfs/journals/laneur/PIIS1474442213702783.pdf?id=baak8dkBlaiXPhJTjuTsu #WakeUp #Fluoride
Fluoride is actually pretty awesome when used properly. I know some of the people who are deeply involved in the study of the use of fluoride in people. They are really good people who would never ever cover up negative effects of fluoride if they found them. (Seriously, Dr. Levy is about the most ethical guy you could meet. He has exacting standards for us clinically and he backs everything up in his lectures with a metric butt-ton of generally accepted scientific data. Creepy mustache aside, the guy is a really dedicated scientist http://www1.dentistry.uiowa.edu/steve-m-levy ) And as dentists, we aren’t making any money off fluoride, we don’t get anything except improving the health of our patients. I’m sure there are crooked dentists out there who would like to see higher decay rates so they can make money off it, but seriously there is plenty of work just from people drinking Mt. Dew. And how nasty would we have to be as a group to cover up injurious effects, that’s some serious mustache twirling nastiness there. I’ve never seen Dr. Levy twirl his mustache.
As for the article. It looks like a review article, not to be confused with a systematic review or a meta-analysis. A systematic review/meta-analysis takes as much information as is available from the available literature on a subject (usually relatively narrowly defined) and compares and contrasts the findings. The results of a meta-analysis are considered to be the highest scientific evidence. This article doesn’t look like a meta-analysis. It looks like a regular review. A non-systematic review is more like an editorial. Some previous research may be cited, but it isn’t in depth or widely inclusive. Non-systematic reviews are useful in that they open areas for further hypotheses and study, but they are more easily biased.
Anytime I read “experts say”, “… has been reported”, or “other research indicates” I pay a bit closer attention since they aren’t just reporting their own findings. They are using other findings to support an idea they want to propose. Also, just because they
say it’s a systematic review (or any other kind of review) doesn’t mean it’s true. Gah, we have whole sections of classes devoted to analyzing research articles. It happens much more than it should that what the authors say the research is doesn’t match the definition. They say it was a randomized clinical trial, but if you check their methods it wasn’t actually randomized. They say it’s a cohort study and it’s not. My prof is disgusted that the editors don’t catch this crap.
This article seems like a very generalized review. It is kind of all over the place. It seems like a good article for a jumping off place to investigate further, but not a good one to be cited solely. The actual data isn’t presented beyond a few images, only conclusions. That makes it less reliable. If you dig deeper into this article and check the actual reference for the claim “A meta-analysis of 27 cross-sectional studies of children exposed to fluoride in drinking water, mainly from China, suggests an average IQ decrement of about seven points in children exposed to raised fluoride concentrations.” the reference is #44, Choi AL, Sun G, Zhang Y, Grandjean P. Developmental fluoride neurotoxicity: a systematic review and meta-analysis. If you look through that, you’ll find in the second paragraph of the discussion it says “The exposed groups had access to drinking water with fluoride concentrations up to 11.5 mg/L (Wang SX et al. 2007); thus, in many cases concentrations were above the levels recommended (0.7–1.2 mg/L; DHHS) or allowed in public drinking water (4.0 mg/L; U.S. EPA) in the United States”. The currently recommended fluoride levels in water in the US are 0.7ppm, which is closely equivalent to 0.7 mg/L. That means the water in some of these exposure groups was almost 16 and a half times the recommended level! I’m not shocked that they would be experiencing negative effects! That’s ridiculously high. That referenced article also specifically says that articles that would have been in the range of fluoride levels found in areas where fluoride is water is regulated were not included in the meta-analysis.
It makes me concerned that the authors of the original review article made such inflammatory claims without including such important information.
The American Dental Association has had enough questions about fluoride that it actually made a 72 page fact sheet that put together important information on the safety of fluoride. The references were carefully selected as those with good science behind them and minimized bias. It’s at http://www.ada.org/sections/professionalResources/pdfs/fluoridation_facts.pdf .
I’m tired. It’s spring break. I’m going back to bed. I may copy and email this to my problem-based learning prof, maybe she’ll give me extra credit. ;) If she notices any mistakes I made in what I said I’ll update this.
I emailed this off to my prof this morning. She must not be busy because she just emailed me back.
“I’m impressed, Robin! Your thinking is accurate and you are correct – the article is not a systematic review. I’m not even sure if it’s a true review or more of an editorial/opinion piece. (I also agree that we do need to be concerned about exposure to high levels of lots of compounds.) I think you’ve identified that the results of the primary fluoride article quoted are taken out of context. As you note – anything in excess is toxic – iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin C – all the nutrients that are essential in life. That’s another frame of reference I often use.
Glad I don’t have a mustache to contemplate twirling
. Enjoy your break!
TAM
”
I feel kind of cool right now. I also asked her to please not tell Dr. Levy that I thought his mustache was creepy. >.<
It’s the DOSE of anything that will kill you. Hell you can get water poisoning. No more fluoride conspiracy shit on my dash please.
(I scrolled through the 6k comments of this post to find someone debunking this scaremongering. Horah!)
this is why scientific literacy is SO IMPORTANT
I shudder to read the phrase “the Lancet, the world’s oldest and most prestigious medical journal”.
The Lancet published Andrew Wakefield’s data on the supposed link between vaccines and autism.
The one he lost his medical license for?
The one that’s caused thousands of sick and dead children due to parents not vaccinating on his advice?
The one the Lancet took YEARS to retract?
Fuck the Lancet.
SCIENCE LITERACY!
If something rubs you the wrong way… Do a little research first!
but is it the communists or the JIDF who is sapping our precious bodily fluids
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holding. We are experiencing a high call volume at this time due to a
college theatre department casting a white dude to play Martin Luther
King.
No, you’re not misreading anything. Kent State University’s Pan-African Studies Department put on a theatrical production of Katori Hall’s Olivier Award-winning play “The Mountaintop” and cast a white actor as Dr. Martin Luther King. Director Michael Oatman explained, “Dr. King is not just a prominent African American, he’s a prominent American. Why can’t an American play another prominent American?”
No words. None. Less than none.
I thought white people loved MLK?
he”s also the director. he cast himself as mlk.
It’s like he read three tweets about Hamilton and its casting and decided to do his own theatrical rendition of “all lives matter” like what the fuck
boy im really getting sick of a picture of a printed piece of paper in 14pt font telling me something is deadly and then put on the internet with zero sources to support it
Xylitol is also found in peanut butters and nut butters but from my understanding it’s primarily specialty food products as opposed to more regular grocery suppliers. STILL it is important to be aware of and know that products containing this substance are extremely dangerous and can cause serious damage to your dog.
(they’re fine for people though! just not for doggies)
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Here are some ideas for getting to know your original characters. These have proved to be very helpful techniques for me.
Take personality tests from the perspective of the character (finding out their MBTI type is pretty useful).
Set up a private Tumblr blog, and reblog posts there that remind you of certain characters (then, later, you can go through the tag you made for them, for reference).
On the private blog, use one of those character pages, and fill it out with mini bios for each character (you can even use photos of people who remind you of the characters if the page allows for icons).
Create a spreadsheet that lists the characters on one side, put generic profile questions on the other side, and fill it out for each character. I got most of my questions from OkCupid.
Make playlists for each of the characters, and fill them with songs that remind you of them, or that you think they’d like.
Try to consciously think about how certain characters would respond to situations you come across in your day-to-day life. Or, how they’d act if they were part of the movie/show/book you’re currently into.
If you know other writers, ask if you can RP as your own characters with them. It doesn’t even have to be relevant to the plot of your own story. Just RP back and forth with other people, in character, to get a better understanding of how they’d interact with others.
If anyone has any other techniques, feel free to add them!
He puts on this air of oozing self confidence and endless optimism because he doesn’t want anyone to know just how unsure of everything he is. He feels constant pressure to do something great, to be someone great, and doesn’t want to let anyone down.
YES THIS
and he works so hard to make sure he doesn’t let anyone down but then is criticized for his enthusiasm, criticized for his narcissism, and every time it happens he retreats a little bit until he isn’t really interacting with the crew outside of official duties and feels like he’s just some figurehead, nobody treats him as anything but a joke; criticizing his eagerness and lack of action alike. Reprimanding him for being too much of a show boat and for not interacting with the crew enough. Expected to be in charge when Optimus Prime drops his worst enemy in the same rank rather than as a prisoner, effectively undermining everything Rodimus is trying to do and reinforcing the notion that the Lost Light is some kind of cosmic joke, something the universe threw together for a laugh.
Rodimus just wanting to live up to the Prime he’s supposed to be someday and get past what he did at Nyon but having everyone constantly criticize him and never give him the space or authority to change and become the great leader he truly could be. Rodimus becoming more and more afraid that he is just a pretty frame put there for everyone to laugh at while he fumbles around playing at being Captain of a space ship. If he can’t even do that without Optimus stepping in, how is he ever supposed to become a Prime?
Rodimus slowly losing any confidence he actually had until he’s just putting up a good show, a hollow attempt at the confident, vain person he used to be when really he’s just trying to get through each day without the facade falling down and anyone seeing the mess he really is.
OH THE PAIN, BUT MORE OF THIS
Rodimus internally beating himself up for every decision he makes because there is always a better way to do things and he doesn’t ever seem to find it. Others are quick to point out what he could have done instead and he doesn’t seem at all phased, because he’s already berated himself for it, already thought of what he could have done, but didn’t. Already determined in what way he messed up and how bad that was. Already blamed himself.
Rodimus making himself into a laughing stock because its easier for him to cope with groans and eye-rolls than it is for him to deal with disappointment. Rodimus who feels a little part of him die each time he’s told he doesn’t meet expectations, or that he’s too immature, but still takes the blame for his crew members because he doesn’t want any of them to feel the way he does.
Rodimus keeping track of each and every crew member death. Thinking about how they were all his fault, how he managed to kill another one. Rodimus who thinks nothing he can do could ever wipe all the spilled energon from his past. Rodimus who’s terrified of finding his statue on Censere’s planet because he doesn’t have a flower or two, he’s got an entire yard contest winner sized garden.
Rodimus who every time something seems to go right, every time something makes him feel even the slightest bit more confident in his actions, just can’t help but think back to Nyon and all the people he killed and what they could have accomplished, who they could’ve been.
Rodimus who’s told he needs to act more maturely because he’s got so much responsibility, but seethes inside because he knows and there’s no way he can say just how much comes with said responsibility. Rodimus who honestly believes the matrix chose wrong when it chose him, but still feels like he has to act in a way that honors it, act in the way people expect a matrix-bearer to.
Megatron who comes to Rodimus, telling him how he’s not sure how Rodimus deals with it, the constant attention and expectation and criticism and how quickly fingers are pointed at the captain each and every time something goes wrong. Rodimus who laughs in response to this, but it’s a hollow, dead laughter. Rodimus who breaks down talking about it and apologizes becausee that’s his burden and it shouldn’t have been forced on someone else.
BLURR I AM SCREAMING ABOUT ALL OF THIS OMG
also please when am I ever not in favor of adding Megatron in, especially to comfort Rodimus
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