Re:A National Evil – the curse of the goitre in Switzerland
by lostlogin on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @04:20PM
(#38786886)
> Unlike the case for iodine, there is no known reason for ingesting fluoride.
If we ignore the whole point of it (reducing dental cavities), what do you think it is added for?
Re:A National Evil – the curse of the goitre in Switzerland
by kube-system on Wednesday December 27, 2023 @03:45PM
(#38786535)
There is stronger evidence that public water fluoridation reduces tooth decay in children than there is evidence that it does any sort of harm. The only 'harm' linked to public water fluoridation is mild dental fluorosis, which is cosmetic.
There are natural sources of water that have fluoride levels high enough to cause harm, but these are at levels of fluoride much higher than what is in treated water.
The only favorable effect of fluoride is achieved externally, by replacing the hydroxide ions in the tooth enamel, so tooth paste with fluoride or mouth wash with fluoride are good, but not drinking water with fluoride.
Ingesting fluoride is at best useless and at worst harmful, because too much ingested fluoride causes bone fragility, as it happens in some parts of the world where the drinking water contains naturally too much fluoride.
Moreover, while the amount of salt eaten daily is more or less constant, the amount of ingested water can vary a lot, so it is not possible to predict accurately how much fluoride will be ingested daily, to ensure a safe concentration in the drinking water.
No matter how you analyze it, adding fluoride to drinking water is just stupid and dangerous, like also the alleged justification for it, that most people are so dumb that they cannot be taught to wash their teeth.