Comment by torginus
19 days ago
Generally speaking I see fluoridation as a ridiciulous idea, on the grounds that the vast majority of tap water ends up being used for things other than brushing your teeth. It is wasteful and damaging to the environment, that excess flouride that has no business being there ends up in the drain, or the water you use for your plants.
Flouride should be put in the toothpaste. Then people can make a choice on whether they want it, but most importantly, its in the only product that is actually used for brushing teeth
Fluoridation for public health is done at lower levels than fluoride is found naturally in water in other areas.
If it's harmful as you imply, lots of water would need defluoridation.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/23/nx-s1-5086886/fluoride-and-iq
A useful thing to note, thanks. A link to the actual inconclusive report would have been better fwiw.
Sounds like it's not important to address fluorine reduction if a casual relationship can be established.
I do wonder how they compensated properly for fluoride being added in poorer areas. Will dig it out when I get chance.
> It is wasteful and damaging to the environment
It's basically a waste product and water naturally has fluoride in it at the same levels, or more, that fluoridated water has, and the environment has been just fine in those places.