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2024-10-01 12:20:35 UTC - HELPFUL
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The claims of fluoride poisoning are false and exaggerated. https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2022/jul/12/facebook-posts/fluoride-safe-your-toothpaste-and-drinking-water-e/ https://origins.osu.edu/article/toxic-treatment-fluorides-transformation-industrial-waste-public-health-miracle https://www.friscominimolars.com/weird-kind-disgusting-history-fluoride/ Community Water Fluoridation-“One of the 10 Greatest Public Health Achievements of the 20th Century”: https://blogs.cdc.gov/pcd/2015/04/23/community-water-fluoridation-one-of-the-10-greatest-public-health-achievements-of-the-20th-century/ https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm4841a1.htm https://www.elmbrookfamilydental.com/blog/2023/10/13/history-fluoride/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health/fluoride-controversy https://www.salon.com/2022/09/13/why-anti-fluoride-conspiracy-theories-have-persisted-for-over-70-years/ https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/fluoride/the-story-of-fluoridation https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/timeline-for-community-water-fluoridation/index.html Fluoride in community water systems prevents at least 25 percent of tooth decay: https://www.ada.org/about/press-releases/community-water-fluoridation-at-optimal-levels-is-safe-and-effective https://msdh.ms.gov/page/43,24339,151,220.html https://ilikemyteeth.org/debate-fluoridation/health-experts-on-fluoride/
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