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Wonder if these people who are afraid of fluoridated water have heard of toothpaste.

skyyler 4y ago
Have you paid attention to the toothpastes commercially available? A shocking number proudly claim to be fluoride free!
gruez 4y ago
I'm not against fluoride in tap water but even I can recognize that there's a big difference between something that's in the water you drink vs something that's in your mouth for 2-3 minutes.
- shaftway 4y ago
  Sublingual drug administration is one of the most rapid uptake forms that exist. The list is basically: - Intravenous - Inhalation (for things easily aerosolized) - Sublingual - Everything else (including intramuscular and subcutaneous) This is often the preferred route for oral medications that aren't too bitter for people, because it avoids stomach acids. So if the thought is that people don't want it in their bloodstream from ingestion, it's probably already there. That doesn't even get into the concentrations. Standard water fluoride rates is on the rate of 1 ppm, whereas toothpaste is typically well over 1000 ppm. The amount of fluoride you swallow as a by-process of brushing your teeth would far outweigh what you drink in a day.
  - Gordonjcp 4y ago
    About the only thing it doesn't work for is insulin, which is a bit of a pity.
  - ars 4y ago
    Flouride works by direct contact with the tooth. Drinking it, or sublingual uptake does little useful.
nomel 4y ago
I've never known anyone that was against only the fluoride. There are a whole range of chemicals that you can find, in your local water quality reports. Many of which will be sitting at the safety limits, if it's anything like my city. Related, my tap water kills my ferns. I have to used distilled/reverse osmosis water on them, which I also switched to after realizing this.
- bavent 4y ago
  Could be the chlorine. With some of my plants, I used to decant water into an a pitcher and let it off-gas for a day or two and then use that to water the plants.
  - taylodl 4y ago
    Decanted water is great for coffee too!
- Gordonjcp 4y ago
  I've often wondered how "clean" water from a dehumidifier would be, since it's basically just distilled water.
  - mcguire 4y ago
    Depends on what your dehumidifier and related equipment is. On the other hand, distilled water isn't necessary to maintain the purity of your bodily fluids.
    - Gordonjcp 4y ago
      I grew up drinking water from a peaty spring a few hundred metres above my house. Unless it's a bit chewy it just doesn't taste right to me.
  - ThrowawayTestr 4y ago
    A warm, damp environment is perfect for bacteria. But as long as you're not eating the plants it should be fine.
crote 4y ago
Exactly. It is already in toothpaste, so adulterating drinking water has a negligible health impact. Water is an essential resource. We really shouldn't be messing with it. Just deliver it to the customer as pure as possible.
thenipper 4y ago
Heck the well water I drank growing up was naturally fluorinated.
- mcguire 4y ago
  The Texas panhandle area? We've all got fluoride stains. And the water tasted like crap because it was mixed with excessively saline water to reduce both the salt and fluoride levels to something reasonable.
  - thenipper 4y ago
    That sounds gnarly. This was in Western New Hampshire
mint2 4y ago
Never-mind toothpaste, I want to know if they drink tea?

Have you paid attention to the toothpastes commercially available? A shocking number proudly claim to be fluoride free!

I'm not against fluoride in tap water but even I can recognize that there's a big difference between something that's in the water you drink vs something that's in your mouth for 2-3 minutes.

shaftway 4y ago
Sublingual drug administration is one of the most rapid uptake forms that exist. The list is basically: - Intravenous - Inhalation (for things easily aerosolized) - Sublingual - Everything else (including intramuscular and subcutaneous) This is often the preferred route for oral medications that aren't too bitter for people, because it avoids stomach acids. So if the thought is that people don't want it in their bloodstream from ingestion, it's probably already there. That doesn't even get into the concentrations. Standard water fluoride rates is on the rate of 1 ppm, whereas toothpaste is typically well over 1000 ppm. The amount of fluoride you swallow as a by-process of brushing your teeth would far outweigh what you drink in a day.
- Gordonjcp 4y ago
  About the only thing it doesn't work for is insulin, which is a bit of a pity.
- ars 4y ago
  Flouride works by direct contact with the tooth. Drinking it, or sublingual uptake does little useful.

nomel 4y ago

I've never known anyone that was against only the fluoride. There are a whole range of chemicals that you can find, in your local water quality reports. Many of which will be sitting at the safety limits, if it's anything like my city. Related, my tap water kills my ferns. I have to used distilled/reverse osmosis water on them, which I also switched to after realizing this.

bavent 4y ago
Could be the chlorine. With some of my plants, I used to decant water into an a pitcher and let it off-gas for a day or two and then use that to water the plants.
- taylodl 4y ago
  Decanted water is great for coffee too!
Gordonjcp 4y ago
I've often wondered how "clean" water from a dehumidifier would be, since it's basically just distilled water.
- mcguire 4y ago
  Depends on what your dehumidifier and related equipment is. On the other hand, distilled water isn't necessary to maintain the purity of your bodily fluids.
  - Gordonjcp 4y ago
    I grew up drinking water from a peaty spring a few hundred metres above my house. Unless it's a bit chewy it just doesn't taste right to me.
- ThrowawayTestr 4y ago
  A warm, damp environment is perfect for bacteria. But as long as you're not eating the plants it should be fine.

crote 4y ago

Exactly. It is already in toothpaste, so adulterating drinking water has a negligible health impact. Water is an essential resource. We really shouldn't be messing with it. Just deliver it to the customer as pure as possible.

thenipper 4y ago

Heck the well water I drank growing up was naturally fluorinated.

mcguire 4y ago
The Texas panhandle area? We've all got fluoride stains. And the water tasted like crap because it was mixed with excessively saline water to reduce both the salt and fluoride levels to something reasonable.
- thenipper 4y ago
  That sounds gnarly. This was in Western New Hampshire

mint2 4y ago

Never-mind toothpaste, I want to know if they drink tea?