Flouride has been banned in Utah.
Legitimately banned.
The new law bans cities and communities from deciding whether to add the mineral to their water systems despite mountains of evidence demonstrating its benefits for oral health, especially in children.
So even if every single person in your town votes to add fluoride to their water system, you cannot because the Republican-dominated state legislature and Republican governor have regulated against it.
Republicans believe in small government only when it suits their purposes.
Also…
As Florida aggressively deports undocumented immigrants, the state finds itself without enough workers to fill low-income jobs.
In response, Florida’s Republican-dominated state legislature advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, allowing children as young as 14 years old to work overnight shifts.
If the new law is passed, teenagers can work overnight jobs on school days.
They are currently prevented from working earlier than 6:30 am or later than 11 pm per state law.
So, the jobs that undocumented workers were reportedly “stealing from Americans” were actually overnight jobs being stolen from 14-year-old children.
It’s hard to imagine a single human being thinking either of these laws makes sense or helps children in any discernible way, yet apparently, most Americans in both states believe these are right and just laws.
