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realcaseyrollins to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

[News] ‘The science of fluoride is starting to evolve’: behind the risks and benefits of the mineral

www.theguardian.com

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[News] ‘The science of fluoride is starting to evolve’: behind the risks and benefits of the mineral

www.theguardian.com

realcaseyrollins to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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‘The science of fluoride is starting to evolve’: behind the risks and benefits of the mineral
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With RFK Jr and a court ruling, conversation on fluoride, in about 72% of US community water supplies, has exploded
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    6 months ago

    In the drinking water? Isn’t that the stuff in toothpaste, which you shouldn’t swallow?

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      6 months ago

      at much, much lower levels.

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      Fluoride salts are added to public drinking water to help protect your teeth. If you grew up in the US, you were taught this.

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        Well, i’m not. We take it over toothpaste here.

        https://helvident.ch/de/fluorid-die-offiziellen-empfehlungen-in-der-schweiz/

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          Interessant. Ich wundere ob es ist mehr oft in Westen Europa ins Wasser oder nicht.

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