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2025-05-15 00:06:22 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Contrary to the claim, fluoride is not toxic waste: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health/fluoride-controversy https://origins.osu.edu/index.php/article/toxic-treatment-fluorides-transformation-industrial-waste-public-health-miracle https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/antifluoridation-bad-science/ Fluoride doesn't calcify the pineal gland: https://www.nelsonavedental.com/single-post/does-fluoride-calcify-the-pineal-gland https://science.feedback.org/review/insufficient-evidence-to-support-kanye-west-claim-fluoride-in-toothpaste-harms-pineal-gland-joe-rogan-experience/ The benefits of fluoride in preventing tooth decay are well known. 99% of the fluoride is stored in bones & teeth, so the brain & pineal gland claims are unsubstantiated: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Fluoride-HealthProfessional/ https://www.definitivedental.com/facts-and-myths-about-fluoride/

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• Contrary to the claim, fluoride is not toxic waste: https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health/fluoride-controversy https://origins.osu.edu/index.php/article/toxic-treatment-fluorides-transformation-industrial-waste-public-health-miracle https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/antifluoridation-bad-science/ Fluoride doesn't calcify the pineal gland: https://www.nelsonavedental.com/single-post/does-fluoride-calcify-the-pineal-gland https://science.feedback.org/review/insufficient-evidence-to-support-kanye-west-claim-fluoride-in-toothpaste-harms-pineal-gland-joe-rogan-experience/ The benefits of fluoride in preventing tooth decay are well known. 99% of the fluoride is stored in bones & teeth, so the brain & pineal gland claims are unsubstantiated: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Fluoride-HealthProfessional/ https://www.definitivedental.com/facts-and-myths-about-fluoride/