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Something not in the water: why are Queensland councils voting to remove fluoride? (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 6 months ago by Severus_Snape@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone

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[-] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You’re not an idiot. The gist of it is that there have been places that didn’t have or removed fluoridation from the water and it resulted in terrible dental health in kids.

And yes you can get fluoride from toothpaste and some dietary sources. But I’m guessing what happened there is that due to the risk of swallowing it (or too high levels in adult toothpaste) kids are given low fluoride or fluoride free toothpaste, so weren’t able to get enough without having it in the water.

Edit: Links

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fluoride-drinking-water-dental-health

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14656551/study-reveals-impact-removing-fluoride-water-ban-chemical.html

[-] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Thanks for clearing that up for me

[-] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago

No worries!

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