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submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (11 children)

The question is: does it make sense to buy toothpaste with fluoride then or can I buy one without? Just because my kids don't like the peppermint ones and other flavours are most of the times without fluoride

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

The question about this is that the same can be said about lead. Do we want to consume that?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Before even wondering about the health effects, we should ask ourselves whether it actually achieves the desired goal. I doubt that.

If it doesn't, we don't even need to wonder about safety; we'll just stop burning money.

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

fluoridation has nothing to with any teeth-related issues, it was all about the US industry having a way to dispose of fluoride, a byproduct of many industrial activities. You can't just dump fluoride on a river as it has several adverse side-effects, but it you can convince everyone it is good for their health then it's okay to dump it on the water supply.