Anyone else remember the 'forced' floride mouth rinse in grade school?

"We have a new flavor. Bubble gum!"
Every year the new flavor was bubble gum, it seemed.

I was fortunate enough to go to a private Montessori school where we didn't have to swish. They did give parents an option to participate, and since dad wasn't an 80-IQ mouthbreather (he'd actually gone to a year of dental school before going to med school) he declined.

I always remember thinking that was creepy. Especially since this was same era as Jonestown.

1970s is when I remember it.

They still do it!
It forces humans into premature puberty.breast develope as early as 9 years of age.what they are doing is intentional and disgusting.kids having sex and having babies at 12 and 13 is common in the areas i know of that they still do the fluoride rinse.child abuse is extreamly high in these areas also.as is low iq.

[link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]
[The role of the pineal body in the endocrine control of puberty].
[Article in Italian]
Aleandri V1, Spina V, Ciardo A.
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Abstract
The pineal gland plays an important role in reproductive endocrinology. The epiphysis regulates seasonal variations in reproductive function of seasonally breeding animals. In humans, even if they are not seasonal breeders, the role of the pineal in reproductive endocrinology seems to be important as well. It appears to be of particular importance the endocrine control of the gland on pubertal sexual maturation. Even if not all researchers agree, several data suggest that elevated melatonin levels-characteristic of prepubertal age-keep the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis in quiescence: thus, an inhibitory effect on pubertal development is exerted. Subsequently, the decreasing serum melatonin with advancing age would result in activation of the hypothalamic pulsatile secretion of GnRH- and therefore of the reproductive axis-with consequent onset of pubertal phenomena. The production rate of melatonin does not change with age and no growth in pineal size from 1 to 15 years of age has been demonstrated by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) studies. Therefore the decrease of serum melatonin concentrations has been proposed to be due to the increase in body mass or, according to another hypothesis, to be also temporally linked to sexual maturation. Furthermore, recently, it has been suggested in rats that the pineal influences not only the pubertal sexual maturation, but even the gonadal and genital development and function of offspring, already during intrauterine life. Investigations are needed to evaluate this hypothesis in humans.

I had this done every time I went to the dentist! Ughh that stuff was NASTY!!

Through to the late 90's in Utah.

Hahaha this! I remember they had different flavors each week. Sometimes blue, or red, or green.

NO SHIT! was just thinking about this the other day!!!! Was wondering WHAT that nasty concentrated fluoride shit was! Grade school like 1982-. No wonder our generation is so fucked up.

What the Hell was it????
They SAY it was flouride
But who knows...

i remember doing this as late as fifth grade...so 1991 when did the first gulf war start...i was in fifth grade then