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The thing that makes me wonder is one thing about how it works: it changes how teeth grow, so there are less ridges, that seems like quite a big effect, and mak
by stuaxo 2y ago
The thing that makes me wonder is one thing about how it works: it changes how teeth grow, so there are less ridges, that seems like quite a big effect, and makes me wonder about effects on the rest of the body.
- woodruffw 2y agoDo you have a citation for that? Fluoride’s effects at normal municipal levels are exceedingly well studied. (These threads seem to need this said perpetually: nobody is claiming that you can drink a glass of fluoride and be perfectly fine. It’s all about dosage and uptake.)
- Steven420 2y agoThe problem I think is that the dosage is unknown. Many foods contain high levels of fluoride that can combine with the fluoride in your water to bring you over the supposed safe level.
- woodruffw 2y agoThere are two key points here: 1. The main dietary source of extra fluoride for most people is tea. 2. There’s strong evidence that adults don’t experience detrimental effects from much higher proportions of dietary fluoride — even the most recent skeptic fodder (the NTP manuscript) finds no effect on adults at concentrations an order of magnitude greater than municipal fluoridation can provide. Put together, it’s unlikely that the demographics most susceptible to higher doses of dietary fluoride (meaning children) are receiving those doses. But if you’re worried about your dietary fluoride intake as an adult, you should consider not drinking tea.