There are more people drinking flouridated water in the United States than in the rest of the world, combined.

There are more people drinking flouridated water in the United States than in the rest of the world, combined. ( fluoridealert.org )

submitted 2014-06-24T17:02 by brightfuture

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Canalize 2014-06-24T19:14

Has anyone heard an update on Dallas since they decided to stop fluoridating?

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brightfuture 2014-06-24T19:21

The Dallas news has been quiet but that's mostly because all their teeth fell out and everyone starved to death ha.

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axolotl____peyotl 2014-06-24T18:57

Many other countries flouridate their common salt. Many European countries, for example.

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brightfuture 2014-06-24T19:03

Is it done for dental health? That sounds like an even less efficient delivery method.

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unit731 2014-06-25T18:36

The public reason they give is dental health, but since fluoride is only active topically for dental health, there must be a private reason the fluoride is added to salt.

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Canalize 2014-06-24T19:15

The U.S. also puts fluoride in Iodized salt.

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unit731 2014-06-25T18:33

Do you have a source for that? Sea salt contains .1 ppm, which is nothing to worry about. As far as I'm aware, the US table salt does not have any added fluoride.

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alllie 2014-06-24T18:00

From time to time people complain about how the US population has not risen up in revolution. But I think this is the reason. They have kept us drugged and poisoned for 50 years.

But you have to take responsibility yourself to stop it. I distill my water. It's not hard. It's not perfect. You still get fluoride in a lot of what you buy at the grocery. But it helps.

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unit731 2014-06-25T19:05

You'll likely ingest a half mg, up to a mg per day from brushing your teeth if you brush several times per day. http://www.nature.com/bdj/journal/v186/n9/full/4800139a1.html

They used 1450 ppm toothpaste in the study. Toothpastes are generally 1100-1500 ppm.

While it is true that you will get a lot of fluoride from the food items you consume, you can avoid high risk foods like green/black tea http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100714104059.htm

wines/grapejuice/raisins http://www.ajevonline.org/content/30/3/202.abstract

pickles http://fawesome.ifood.tv/health/396091-top-10-fluorine-rich-foods-for-children

wheat products and died eggs http://www.ewg.org/news/news-releases/2005/09/21/environmental-groups-petition-epa-retract-fluoride-pesticide

and mechanically deboned meat. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/11559124/

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