Millions of people are smiling bright white, strong-teeth smiles thanks, in part, to fluoride and fluoridated water.
I’ve never heard that toothpaste companies are using industrial byproducts. Do you have a link to a credible source?
I’m more ticked at toothpaste companies for coming out with that plaque-control toothpaste a few years ago. They never told anyone (on the packaging) that it was more abrasive than ordinary toothpaste and that you should only use it every few weeks. I wonder how many people suffered gum recession because of that toothpaste and then had to buy another of the toothpaste industry’s inventions: toothpaste for sensitive teeth (such as those whose gums have been eroded beyond the enamel line).
Well, there’s a plethora of info on the net - GOOGLE is your friend -= but the contra-studies have been out there for decades.
but here’s a couple links people might like to look at:
“states, re SODIUM fluoride, the kind used in our toothpastes: “Toxicology:
Very toxic by ingestion, inhalation and skin contact. 4g may be fatal. May cause burns. Severe eye irritant. Chronic exposure may cause lung damage. TLV 2.5 mg/m3 (as F). “
http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/SO/sodium_fluoride.html
it also warns those handling it in the labs:
“Personal protection
Safety glasses; rubber or plastic gloves. Good ventilation.
Safety phrases “
you may not mind putting such stuff in your mouth - your choice.
Here’s an interesting study sponsored by the Chemical Institute of Canada: by David R. Hill, Professor Emeritus, The University of Calgary
“Disinformation in the service of big industry.”
http://www.fluoridation.com/calgaryh.htm
These are just a couple = there are dozens. Bottom line - sodium fluoride is toxic, has been used in rat poisons and given to high strung race horses when transporting as a tranquilizer - studies have reported links to cancer, bone density decrease, brain impairment - (like in the horses, makes one more docile, (less likely to make waves?)
Here’s a question for ya: If someone wanted to get a substance to the most number of people, what is the one thing - or two - that everyone uses? Ahhhmmmm. Toothpaste and water?
When Tom’s of Maine first came out with their toothpaste, the selling point was NO FLUORIDE. Sales skyrocketed and soon they were breaking into the supermarket trade with the big boys. But a funny thing happened...in order to be stocked on the big supermarket shelves, it had to capitulate and add fluoride. (It’s very difficult to find ANY toothpaste on the supermarket shelves sans fluoride.
Tom’s still makes it without, but you have to go to the health food market to find it.
Bottom line is, I - for one - do not want to ingest ANY substance that has so much question as to it’s safety.
(By the way, sodium fluoride has an accumulative effect. The warning on the tubes that FDA was finally forced to put on the tubes about if you ingest as much as a pea size amount, call the poison control center immediately - was a compromise to avoid banning it, which they should have.
But anything you put in your mouth, ‘ingested’ down the throat or not - enters you body. And, as said, this poison doesn’t pass on through day by day, but STAYS in your body and accumulates.
I for one, choose not to take the chance. But it’s a free country. Everyone is free to play lemming.