sf wrote:
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> On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 11:26:50 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
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> > 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.
>
> I'm firmly in the fluoride is good camp although I don't like how it
> makes water taste. Here are some of the arguments "against"...
> http://fluoridealert.org/articles/50-reasons/

Fluoride is good when topically applied to teeth in the form of
toothpaste and then rinsed thoroughly. Note the warning on every single
tube of fluoride toothpaste not to consume more than a pea sized amount,
and to get medical attention if you do. That warning is there due to the
fact that fluoride is highly toxic. Fluoride is very bad when consumed,
as are the various reaction by-products it creates in a municipal water
system.