• Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    There is no reason to add it to municipal water when there is adequate dental care. This has been proven time and time again with thousands of cities without fluoridation

    Also, we don’t really know what safe levels are since it has been proven to build up in our system. Ingesting it should always be avoided, period.

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      8 days ago

      when there is adequate dental care

      Well… Isn’t that an issue? Or did you mean brushing with modern toothpaste solves the issue? That’s what I was talking about.

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        7 days ago

        Brushing with fluoride tooth paste is more effective than fluoridation of our water supply.

        Adequate dental care is even better and the two together produce the best outcomes.

        I think the concept of applying a band aid because the population doesn’t have adequate dental care in the richest nation in the world is at best a cop out.

        Having studied this at UNI, I can say the truth is much more bizarre than you can imagine.