The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz
#BecauseMiami: Dr. Mufson or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Less Fluoride
Fri, 11 Apr 2025
Miami-Dade County has voted to remove fluoride from its water system. Joining Billy Corben on the show is Dr. Richard Mufson, who will explain why this is a terrible idea. Plus, Billy reveals why a fountain in downtown Miami is a public safety hazard...and it all goes back to his arch nemesis....Miami commissioner Joe Carollo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Chapter 1: Why was fluoride removed from Miami-Dade County's water?
The fluoride frenzy reaching a boiling point Tuesday. The Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners has voted to remove fluoride from the county water system.
Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation?
Back in the 40s, they started doing this nonsense, putting this in the water as fluoride.
Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?
If you take more than what it's supposed to be brushing your teeth with, then you have to call 911.
It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual.
I was injured in 2017 from the tetanus vaccine, and I'm half-numb from the waist down.
Have you ever seen a commie drink a glass of water?
And I just have to mention a 5G tower pops up involuntarily radiating them 24 hours a day.
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Chapter 2: What are the historical misconceptions about fluoride?
And we intercut that with clips from the 1964 Stanley Kubrick classic Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb in which a United States Air Force Brigadier General named Jack D. Ripper. Loses his mind over a communist conspiracy theory to poison Americans by putting fluoride in our water.
This was a real bullshit John Birch Society conspiracy theory in the late 50s, 1960s. And he orders his attack wing to drop nuclear bombs on Russia, thus ending war. The earth. He destroys the earth in nuclear war over a nonsensical conspiracy theory about fluoride in our water. This was a dark political satire in 1964. And now we are living it in real life.
And the Miami of today is the America of tomorrow. And Miami-Dade County, one of the largest counties in the entire country, just ended what I understand is scientifically recognized as one of the most successful public health initiatives in the history of the world. Not great. Not far from ideal. But but don't take my word for it. We go to the scientists. We go to the experts.
We are joined now by Dr. Richard Mufson, a board certified oral surgeon with over 30 years of experience treating patients in South Florida, graduate of Temple University of Dentistry in Philly, and did his postgrad work at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C. He's joining us live from the drilling room. It looks like in Aventura, Florida or North North Miami Beach.
Where are you, doctor?
How are you doing? I'm in Aventura and greetings and thank you for having me on. And I appreciate the good work that you've been doing over the years. So, so nice to be with you.
Thank you. It's rare to hear somebody say that. Normally I hear, no, I was listening. Yeah, I don't even say that. So, so doctor, am I, maybe perhaps I'm wrongheaded about this. Let's start at the beginning here. Why did we put this poison into our water supply in the first place?
Well, you know, historically, it was realized that early 1900s, 1901, it was discovered that a certain city in Colorado, Colorado Springs, people had brown, ugly teeth, but they also had no cavities. And it took them a few decades to realize there was a reason. It was the fluoride, which was much too high in the water in that city. But
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Chapter 3: Who is Dr. Richard Mufson and what is his stance on fluoride?
That set the stage for some research to be done in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was a big study, 1945. So bottom line is, without getting too into it, it was discovered with time that a very small, small amount of fluoride added to the water supply
It occurs naturally, but a small addition to an optimal level helps prevent decay cavities in children and adults, and it's been proven with decades of literature and valid research studies, as opposed to the crazy studies that people tend to bring up, these fringe studies that are not well performed and stuff like that. Some of the stuff you just heard was definitely a reflection of that movie.
And this is the day and age we're living in of misinformation. We all know that.
And there is – so they do say studies in which fluoride can reduce the IQ levels of people with sustained or excessive exposure, that it can – you grow a tail, maybe a third eye. I don't know what's amazing. But it's my understanding, though, that this is a bit of a straw man because what they're talking about is –
excessive fluoride exposure, not what you're talking about, what is actually in the water, which is a tiny, tiny amount, right?
Right. So I feel like when I hear some of these other studies, I feel like my IQ has dropped precipitously just hearing about these things. But the reality is, yeah, when people quote studies like that, if you take a close look, frequently those studies are either performed in foreign countries, Iran, China, India, not to denigrate those countries, but
Frequently, the levels of fluoride are typically way too high, and the nature of the studies are flawed. But if someone looks at the decades of valid, solid scientific research, then I don't know why they need to point to these other wacky studies that demonstrate stuff that's just not true. And our surgeon general, as you alluded to, Dr. Latipo,
He's free to gallivant around the state, just purporting misinformation about this. And between him and RFK, it's threatening to ruin the health care of our country, much less our state. So it's really a tough time. I mean, anti-vaccine, let's bring back polio, let's bring back measles. Hey, let's get rid of fluoride. It's a really bad trend that we're in.
Well, it seems to me that we could very easily be taking healthcare advice from a guy who talks like this, maybe.
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Chapter 4: How does the removal of fluoride impact public health?
And and speaking of which, Roberto Gonzalez is the Miami-Dade County commissioner who championed this backwards fringe lunatic conspiracy theory that is now the policy of the one of the largest counties in America. He has interest, doesn't he? And what he did was.
He took this scheme in full-fledged Fidel Castro propaganda misinformation style to the children and filled their heads with lies and misinformation. And, I mean, we are in a place where we have conspiracy over science, fiction over fact, insanity over reason. And he went to a school, showed them a bullshit one-sided presentation, and then... Look what happened.
They brought these kids in fully coached, unable to even pronounce the words that they had written for them to a public meeting.
I think fluoride is bad for us. Fluoride. It is a modification that is added to everyone's water. I looked it up and according to the New Jersey Department of Health, fluoride can cause nausea, vomiting, 36 counties in fluoride have Removed fluoride.
Thank you so much. That was amazing. So effectively, they groomed the children against fluoride.
Yeah, well, fluoride is my drag name, by the way. So I want people who are just listening who can't see this. Unlike the parents and parents.
teachers and elected officials who exploited these children to propagate misinformation we blurred their faces okay because this was from a public meeting these kids who really could not consent who did not know what they were reading who did not understand what they were saying these are exploited children and we will not exploit them on this show we have blurred their faces what about the parents
Listen, these are parents who would claim. And what about this doctor? What about this claim of parental choice? Not that I want these parents, these lunatics making choices for my kids. But what about that argument that the government shouldn't just be putting this stuff into our bodies and our water supplies without consent? What of that?
That is a point that some people make, but you might as well say the same thing about other healthcare measures that have helped tremendously in our country, like the vaccines are a clear example. I mean, kids need to have vaccines to go to school. Parents technically can tell their kids, I don't want to send you to school, but
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Chapter 5: What misinformation is being spread about fluoride?
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More breaking news from the broken city of Miami, a story you'll hear only on Because Miami. It's Joe Carollo's fountain of death. The corrupt commissioner's unfinished five and a half million dollar Bayfront Park boondoggle right outside the window here is a money pit and possible death trap.
A secret memo obtained exclusively by Because Miami reveals safety concerns about the risk of electrocution and drowning victims. In the newly restored Bayfront Park fountain, leading to a temporary rickety, rusted, rented chain link fence around the entire perimeter held up only by a few sandbags.
This never before published internal memo provided to the trust in mid-December confirms the serious concerns. and Carollo's awareness of the deadly risks and possibility of personal injury lawsuits.
The memo was reportedly sent by DG Aqua, the company that got a multi-million dollar no-bid emergency contract to restore the fountain, even though there was no emergency since the fountain had been shut down for 15 years. Where did then Bayfront Park chairman Joe Carollo find this company, you ask? None other than Mayer. Party!
Francis Suarez introduced him to this company, which has never built a fountain in the United States before, apparently saying, how can I help? And the next thing you know, they got this crazy five and a half million dollar deal. What do you know about that? If you put garbage in, you're going to get garbage out.
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Chapter 6: How do local politics influence public health decisions?
I'm tired of this.
I'm running this meeting, you're not. Mentally unstable Completely unfit for his job All his associates are shady Accused of multitudes of crimes. Vindictive underhanded sleazeball.
Am I under investigation?
Marimicropini loves his grifting and defamatory lies. Uncool of a bozo. F*** Vince Locco. F*** Vince Locco. He's like a rogue.
September 11th is not a national holiday.
Why don't you just say Jew? Trash somebody. Billy Corbin. Bastardo Derson Rosso, Corolla 2.0 Gets off abusing power and his political foes Corruption and malfeasance are his M.O. You know he's gotta go On Culo Raposo Pay for play F*** Vince Lago, F*** Vince Lago He's like a ruin-raging psycho You're gonna listen F*** Vince Lago, F*** Vince Lago
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