Deborah Blum

@deborahblum

Book author, science journalist, publisher of Undark, and director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT.

Cambridge, MA deborahblum.com Joined September 2009

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Deborah Blum @deborahblum Nov 9, 2024

Smart stuff here.

Pat Ryan 🇺🇸 Verified account @PatRyanUC Nov 9, 2024

It’s going to take time to sort through what happened Tuesday. But I've read a lot of takes the past few days (some good, many bad), and I've had a lot of people ask how I won one of the toughest districts in the country by over 13%.

Here are some thoughts: 🧵
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Deborah Blum @deborahblum Nov 5, 2024

This.

Deborah Blum @deborahblum Nov 4, 2024

This totally works for me.

Deborah Blum @deborahblum Nov 3, 2024

He is lying. And in a country without national dental insurance, fluoridation helps countless children from losing their teeth and saves us billions in health costs.

Andrea C. Love, PhD @dr_andrealove Nov 2, 2024

RFK Jr. is lying.

75+ years of data show fluoride (a natural mineral) prevents tooth decay.

Fluoridated water: 0.7 milligrams (mg) per
LITER (1,000,000 mg water)

A 22 lb baby could drink 57 L water/day before adverse effects. The baby would have water toxicity after 3.2 CUPS.

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Deborah Blum @deborahblum Nov 1, 2024

Thread.