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I thought fluoride is put in water for its teeth/health benefits.
by Peaker 14y ago
I thought fluoride is put in water for its teeth/health benefits.
- bdonlan 14y agoIt is. Chlorine is what is used for disinfecting the water supply.
- sp332 14y agoOh yeah, my mistake.
- 46Bit 14y agoIndeed, it's supposed to protect teeth of people unable to afford toothpaste. Whilst it actually just causes cancer. In a similar way to how X-raying everyone who wants to get on a plane protects us from non-existent terrorists.
- Pwnguinz 14y agoDo you have a source for your first statement? Not that I'm implying you are lying. Certainly it's added as a mineral fortifier, but to protect the teeth of people unable to afford toothpaste? That is news to me.
- ams6110 14y agoFlouride additions to water was started in the 1960s or 1970s as a public health initiative to fight tooth decay, a significant health problem. It was not added as a "fortifier" in the same way that vitamin D is commonly added to milk.
- kragen 14y agoFluoride is not a nutrient. It is added to drinking water for the same reason it is present in toothpaste: to convert tooth enamel from hydroxyapatite to harder and more acid-resistant fluoroapatite. For details, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoride_therapy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoride_therapy http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11571 http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11571 http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056796.htm http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056796.htm.
- gcb 14y agowhich makes as much sense as putting soap in our milk to keep us clean. name one person in this day and age that does not brush their theets with a fluoride tooth paste.
- Peaker 14y agoIs the benefit only for those who don't brush? Isn't it meant to provide the body with the fluoride it needs for the teeth?