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[-] bluewing@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Depending on where you live, there is already enough naturally occurring fluoride in the well water that adding more doesn't mean much. How else do you think they discovered fluoride helps your teeth?

Since I live in a rural area and need to have my own well, I know my water contains enough fluoride that it would be silly to add more. But some areas do not have enough naturally present. So it would be interesting to see the water test results for Florida cities to check the amount of naturally occurring fluoride present. YMMV

[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Used to be a thing about it turning your teeth green

[-] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago

throws Coors light

"That's just what they want you to think!"

Come up with a rebuttal to this that an ignorant right-winger would believe.

[-] insomniac_lemon@lemmy.cafe 0 points 1 week ago

It could likely be replaced with hydroxyapatite instead (it also can be used to remove lead and other things from water, which makes searching about being added to municipal water difficult). Good for not only teeth, also bones.

I also wonder if adding other vitamins would make more sense (just enough to stop deficiencies) if we're talking about health outcomes, though the first idea I had with vitamin C came up with results of that messing with the chlorine in the water.

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[-] bradd@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

My thing is this...

  1. Adding it requires effort
  2. Removing it, if possible, requires effort
  3. It's not a requirement
  4. There are other alternative methods to get it, like toothpaste, or sumpliments, that don't force your neighbors to have your fluoride.
[-] Rutty@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Okay fluoride gang (of which I may be a member)…

A study about the affects of fluoride in municipal water on plants: MSU study

[-] Luvs2Spuj@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago

Toxicology isn't a real profession. These people are run by big toxicity. For real water advice you want a homeopath.

[-] RacerX@lemm.ee -2 points 1 week ago

This post written by Big Fluoride.

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