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What about fluoridated toothpaste? Mouth rinses? If there is clear indication that it causes neurological harm, why is it in so many things?
by newzisforsukas 3y ago
What about fluoridated toothpaste? Mouth rinses? If there is clear indication that it causes neurological harm, why is it in so many things?
- tokai 3y agoIts usually written on the packaging of such products that ingesting them is not healthy.
- cjbgkagh 3y agoYou don’t drink toothpaste, you’re supposed to spit it out
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- goda90 3y agoTypically you're not supposed to swallow toothpaste or mouth rinses, so relatively little actually stays in your body. Tap water is generally considered fine to swallow in large amounts though.
- pzh 3y agoA lot of medicines are taken sublingually, because absorption is expected to be higher than through the oral route. Does fluoride not get absorbed that way?
- Engineering-MD 3y agoNot higher, but faster into the blood stream
- computerphage 3y agoWhy is it in so many things? Because it's effective. It's not like people smoked cigarettes because they wanted a small amount of lung cancer risk, they smoked cigarettes for a totally different effect of the product.
- highwaylights 3y ago*Large amount of lung cancer risk