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Too bad that tea contains so much fluoride. Outlined in this paper "Risk Assessment of Fluoride Intake from Tea in the Republic of Ireland and its Implications

by cies 8y ago

Too bad that tea contains so much fluoride. Outlined in this paper "Risk Assessment of Fluoride Intake from Tea in the Republic of Ireland and its Implications for Public Health and Water Fluoridation" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808922 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4808922

hadeon 8y ago
Not if you live in New Zealand with naturally low fluoride levels!
- n4r9 8y ago
  The study found that the fluoride already present in the tea leaves was the main source of exposure. Those tea leaves were mostly imported from East Africa, as is the case for many cheap tea bags. Therefore drinking a lot of cheap tea bag tea in New Zealand is potentially not much better.
willio58 8y ago
Seems to me that this just says the water used to make the tea has fluoride. And Ireland just has significantly more fluoride than most places.
- n4r9 8y ago
  It's both the water and the fluoride content of the tea leaves, although the tea leaves are the main contributor. The first table in the paper shows this. Edit: spelling and comprehension corrected; pre-tea morning fog.
  - cies 8y ago
    Thanks for actually reading, unlike the parent.
gpvos 8y ago
> The Republic of Ireland (RoI) is the only European Country with a mandatory national legislation requiring artificial fluoridation of drinking water So, only a problem in countries that do fluoridation. (I didn't know that that was the case in Ireland. This definitely reduces the chance of me ever moving there.)