In article >,
Pete C. > wrote:
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>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.
>
>Have you read the warning not to swallow more than a pea sized amount of
>fluoride toothpaste? It's on every single tube of fluoride toothpaste
>since fluoride is highly toxic. If you don't understand the significant
>difference between topical application of fluoride toothpaste to teeth
>followed by a rinse, vs. drinking the toxic fluoride (and it's reaction
>by-products) daily then you need to go back to grade school level
>science classes.

If you don't understand the difference between 0.7 ppm fluoride
in drinking water and 1000 ppm fluoride in toothpaste, then you
need to go ack to grade-school level science classes.

Cindy Hamilton
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