Fluoride only naturally occurs in the watershed in a few zones around the world, tho. It's a neurotoxic byproduct of industrial manufacturing, and the recommended levels have been reduced over and over again ever since drinking water fluoridation began in the 1940s. More here from Ohio State University.
Again, that's what's been said for 70 years as the allowable dose in the USA has been steadily decreased. It's always been a Better Living Through Chemistry scam designed to give industrial manufacturers a way to dispose of their waste product.
But it does improve dental health? It's also in most toothpaste? I'm skeptical of this claim. I'm sure someone makes money off it, and maybe on balance its worth is questionable, but calling it just a scam seems like it ignores the dental health gains.
Europe rejected fluoridation and yet does not have an appreciably greater rate of tooth decay relative to America. Maybe check out the OSU article linked above.
I actually didn’t know it wasn’t everywhere. I knew they didn’t do it in Europe, which has proven it to be a questionably efficacious practice for adult dental health. But I just thought it was in groundwater more prevalently.
Fluoride only naturally occurs in the watershed in a few zones around the world, tho. It's a neurotoxic byproduct of industrial manufacturing, and the recommended levels have been reduced over and over again ever since drinking water fluoridation began in the 1940s. More here from Ohio State University.
Everything is toxic ... if you get the wrong dose. Flouride is safe at the levels currently in drinking water.
Again, that's what's been said for 70 years as the allowable dose in the USA has been steadily decreased. It's always been a Better Living Through Chemistry scam designed to give industrial manufacturers a way to dispose of their waste product.
But it does improve dental health? It's also in most toothpaste? I'm skeptical of this claim. I'm sure someone makes money off it, and maybe on balance its worth is questionable, but calling it just a scam seems like it ignores the dental health gains.
Europe rejected fluoridation and yet does not have an appreciably greater rate of tooth decay relative to America. Maybe check out the OSU article linked above.
I actually didn’t know it wasn’t everywhere. I knew they didn’t do it in Europe, which has proven it to be a questionably efficacious practice for adult dental health. But I just thought it was in groundwater more prevalently.