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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (4 children)

Toxicity is a big word. What about small long term effects?

Lithium is prohibited in eu outside of psychiatric therapy, too. But it might be an essential nutrient (small doses).

My trust into the official ~~narrative~~ science is limited.

Edit: as the tobacco interest group has proven studies and scientific evidence can be bought. Don’t know why y’all are reacting so allergic

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

You're replacing the word science with "narrative" because that's what your far right deep state overlords have told you to do. Wake up sheeple!

However you described toxicity as a big word, so I doubt you are....a thinker.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

For what’s it worth, in my country (Netherlands), we don’t add fluoride to our tap water anymore since the early 70s. We just have it in our toothpaste (though you can also get fluoride free toothpaste for those who don’t want it).

Sure there’s still traces of fluoride in our water, as it appears in nature. But it’s not artificially added by our water companies.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The question to me is - do we even have to fluoridate water and is this really the best approach?

For example, most European countries do not commonly use fluoride in their water supply, and everyone's just fine! No extra cavities, no special health risks. People commonly drink tap water and do not care about potential for any adverse effects, because it's just that - clean water. And for any teeth-related issues, you already have your toothpaste providing more than enough fluorine.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago

the people that need to hear this will never believe you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago (2 children)

but what about my precious bodily fluids?!?

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