Honestly, drinking tea or using fluoride toothpaste seems adequate, and municipal water “supplementation” is not needed, and may introduce harm, as it seems to me.
About a week ago I read that some town or city had prevailed in it’s litigation to stop the fluoridation of the water supply. The ruling found that fluoridation may in fact harm children’s IQ.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/court-ruling-fluoride-levels-pose-114500067.html
My sister does not like fluoride and will not go to the dentist. She also says the gov’t is creating chemtrails and her plants and trees are dying.
She also has squirrels as pets... Yep, she is nuts.
Why the sudden news media attack on water fluoridation?
Class action lawsuits must be just around the corner.
The fluoride in the tap water you drink actually becomes part of your tooth structure, and it is in your saliva 24-7.
Tooth paste fluoride is a helpful external application, but just once or twice a day, and usually for less than five total minutes.
Reduces IQ levels, so not worth it at all. No need to swallow it, and fluoride toothpaste has much higher amounts, applied directly to the problem.
I grew up in San Antonio. Born in the 50s and eventually left there in 1979 for other parts of Texas due to my career.
SA got it’s drinking water from the Edwards Aquifer (still do) & at the time SA was the largest city that did not fluoridate their water.
I recall there was this push to ‘catch up’ with the other cities and fluoridate their water. I dont know what the status is now.
I’m happy that I wasnt fluoridated.
What might have changed?
Certainly not the chemistry of fluoride incorporation into the crystalline structure of teeth replacing hydroxyl groups thereby conferring resistance to organic acid dissolution.
Perhaps children are drinking less fluoridated tap water and more un-fluoridated bottled water?
Just raising it as a question since this seems to be the most important issue with this and someone here smarter than me may know. Let’s assume that fluoridation does some good even as it is acknowledged that it does some harm....is there a difference in the benefit if the fluoride is taken by drinking water or just rinsing with it? Does that mean that putting it in toothpaste has all the benefits and none of the downside?
I wonder if this is an underlying reason why there is so much bottled water sold.....if people are convinced that it really is pure and there is no fluoride in it.
For the record, I’ve almost always lived at a place with a well....dentist is always amazed at how good my teeth are...
How To Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water
Does reverse osmosis remove fluoride? Yes, a reverse osmosis system is a simple solution for removing fluoride from drinking water. A Reverse Osmosis (RO) system can remove 85-92%* of fluoride in your water.
Essentially, reverse osmosis technology uses household water pressure to push tap water through the filtration process. Water passes through a semipermeable membrane and additional filters like carbon or sediment filters. Many RO units include a 4-stage process to ensure the best water quality. What Filter Systems Remove Fluoride From Water?
Fluoride and other contaminants can be removed by reverse osmosis.
Sulfates
Asbestos
Chlorine
Detergents
Cadmium, and many other metals
Lead
Complete list of contaminants RO can remove
https://www.paragonwater.com/does-reverse-osmosis-remove-fluoride/
Not only that, but we’ve overfluoridated. It’s in toothpaste, in the water, in many other things. People ar egetting fluoridosis.
Fluoride is industrial waste.