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Flouride doesn't need conspiracy theories to be considered dangerous. That debate is definitely going on and has no consensus as evidenced by the fact that som

Flouride doesn't need conspiracy theories to be considered dangerous. That debate is definitely going on and has no consensus as evidenced by the fact that some cities are still removing flouride from their water and some are adding it. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195894/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6195894/

Conscat 3y ago
There is no evidence that fluoride is remotely dangerous in reasonable quantities, only in ridiculous quantities that are impossible to reach under normal circumstances.
- orangepurple 3y ago
  Young children chug toothpaste
  - thfuran 3y ago
    What does that have to do with water treatment?
    - orangepurple 3y ago
      Only flouride ingestion
- chollida1 3y ago
  > There is no evidence that fluoride is remotely dangerous in reasonable quantities, only in ridiculous quantities that are impossible to reach under normal circumstances. This is the internet and you could be a Phd whose researched flouride your entire life but the internet, and some very respectable sources at that, just straight up disagree with you. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34597567/#:~:text=Excess%20amounts%20of%20fluoride%20ions,related%20problems%2C%20and%20chronicle%20issues https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34597567/#:~:text=Excess%20a.... https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/fluoridated-drinking-water/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/fluor... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-020-0973-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-020-0973-8
  - Conscat 3y ago
    At least those three particular papers do not appear to.
    - chollida1 3y ago
      > Four high-quality, prospective birth cohort studies5,8,18,19 show that fetal exposure to fluoride is associated with diminished cognitive abilities. > In November 2019, the National Toxicology Program released a draft report on fluoride concluding that fluoride is presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard.

Conscat 3y ago

There is no evidence that fluoride is remotely dangerous in reasonable quantities, only in ridiculous quantities that are impossible to reach under normal circumstances.

orangepurple 3y ago
Young children chug toothpaste
- thfuran 3y ago
  What does that have to do with water treatment?
  - orangepurple 3y ago
    Only flouride ingestion
chollida1 3y ago
> There is no evidence that fluoride is remotely dangerous in reasonable quantities, only in ridiculous quantities that are impossible to reach under normal circumstances. This is the internet and you could be a Phd whose researched flouride your entire life but the internet, and some very respectable sources at that, just straight up disagree with you. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34597567/#:~:text=Excess%20amounts%20of%20fluoride%20ions,related%20problems%2C%20and%20chronicle%20issues https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34597567/#:~:text=Excess%20a.... https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/fluoridated-drinking-water/ https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/magazine/magazine_article/fluor... https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-020-0973-8 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41390-020-0973-8
- Conscat 3y ago
  At least those three particular papers do not appear to.
  - chollida1 3y ago
    > Four high-quality, prospective birth cohort studies5,8,18,19 show that fetal exposure to fluoride is associated with diminished cognitive abilities. > In November 2019, the National Toxicology Program released a draft report on fluoride concluding that fluoride is presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard.