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Default Bottled water... Safer?

On 12/4/2013 9:41 AM, notbob wrote:
> On 2013-12-04, Cindy Hamilton > wrote:
>> In article >,
>> Pete C. > wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm afraid you are absolutely wrong. Bottled water does not contain
>>> chlorine or fluoride, both highly toxic chemicals, nor does it contain

>>
>> Purity of Essence.

>
> I don't know what the above is, but I do know Pete, as usual, is dead
> wrong. It's quite difficult to find bottled water that does NOT
> contain small amts of chorine and salt, both allowed by the FDA. As
> for flouride, it is offered as option from some brands of bottled
> water, like Alhambra water in CA. This because some municipalities,
> like the one where my granddaughters live, have commie fearing morons
> in the city govt and no flouride in the water. This means my GDs will
> be plagued with cavities, jes like I was. My daughter never had a
> single cavity (almost 10 yrs) till we moved from a fluoridated town to
> a non-fluoridated town. I would buy fluoridated water for my GDs.
>
> nb
>

If fluoride is (allegedly) so bad why is it added to toothpaste? Why do
they sell fluoride rinses? Why do dentists give fluoride treatments? I
really don't understand the paranoia about fluoride.

Jill