In article >,
Pete C. > wrote:
>
>Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>
>> In article >,
>> Pete C. > wrote:
>> >
>> >jmcquown wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> 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.
>
>If you don't comprehend the difference between 0.7 ppm consumed, vs.
>1000 ppm spit out and rinsed, you have failed all science classes.

A pea-sized amount at 1000 ppm appears to be different from
for example, a liter at 0.7 ppm.

Wikipedia (and I realize what quality of information they have) tells
me that 50% of fluoride is excreted in a day.

Don't drink tea, Pete. It's got fluoride in it.


Cindy Hamilton
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