Questions tagged [fluoride]
Including ingestion of fluoride (the anion of fluorine) and water fluoridation (the addition of fluoride to water supplies to promote dental health)
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Does calcification of the pineal gland negatively affect normal bodily functions? [duplicate]
I received this link from an associate of mine. It smells like pseudo-scientific bull to me, but there are a LOT of claims made in the article that I can't really debunk all by myself.
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Is non-fluoridated toothpaste any more effective in tooth decay prevention than mere mechanical brushing?
Quote from healthcare.utah.edu, emphasis mine:
Interviewer:
It seems like when you go down the toothpaste aisle now, you're
starting to see more and more natural options and a lot of ...
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Has fluoride been classified as a neurotoxin?
My Facebook feed includes a report that fluoride has recently been officially classified as a neurotoxin.
Awareness Act, 5 April 2018
A big step has been made here recently. In the most prestigious ...
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Are cheap tea bags dangerous to your health due to high fluoride levels?
In: "Cheap tea bags contain frighteningly high fluoride levels: Study"
on 'Natural News', it says:
A new study published in the journal, Food Research International, has revealed that ...
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Is there a link between ADHD and drinking fluoridated water?
[Newsweek][1] claims a study shows a link between ADHD and fluoridated water.
New research shows there is a strong correlation between water fluoridation and the prevalence of Attention Deficit ...
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Does fluoridation and chlorination in the US cause thyroid issues?
From an answer in Travel.SE with a net score of 10:
Mains water is typically laced with chlorine and fluoride by law, to the point that you step out of the shower smelling [like] you just stepped ...
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Does fluoride supplementation lead to girls reaching puberty at a lower age?
Mercola writes in Fluoride Exposure May Contribute to Early Puberty:
Luke found that animals treated with fluoride had lower levels of circulating melatonin, as reflected by reduced levels of ...
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Does using a fluoride-based toothpaste or fluoride-supplemented tap water lead to higher fluoride concentration in the pineal gland?
Dr. Edward Group writes in Everything You Wanted to Know about the Pineal Gland:
Calcification is the biggest problem for the pineal gland. Fluoride accumulates in the pineal gland more than any ...
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Has 98% of Europe banned water fluoridation? [duplicate]
I came across this gem on facebook today. It contains no sources, makes a bold claim with a numerical statistic to "back it up", and has been "shared" and "liked" thousands of times in the last ~48 ...
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Is fluoride an ingredient in Prozac and rat poison?
The Raw Food Family, with almost half a million likes, made this post on June 15, 2014.
It claims,
In 1955, Crest became the first fluoride toothpaste.
Fluoride calcifies the pineal gland, otherwise ...
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Has cessation of water fluoridation lead to a 90-200% increase in cavities in children?
A news piece by KWCH 12 in Wichita Kansas about a local community voting on whether to cease water fluoridation quotes local dentist, Doctor Allison Lesko, as saying:
Depending on which grade level ...
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Does fluoride cause the body to absorb extra aluminum?
I've recently seen a quote by one William Douglass, MD, making the rounds on facebook. It sounded suspicious, so I found the original quote on his own website:
People who warned against FLUORIDATION ...
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When and how does the consumption of fluoride cause health problems? [duplicate]
I have heard about orally consuming fluoride and rinsing with a solution containing fluoride to help prevent cavities, but I've also heard some claims that fluoride is bad for peoples' health. What ...
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Will fluoride and chlorine dissipate from tap water left to sit overnight?
One common recommendation for watering house plants with tap water is to allow the water to sit overnight before watering, so that the fluorine and chlorine that are commonly added to tap water (which ...
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Are there currently any tests available to diagnose fluoride or fluorine toxicity?
That's what I read here:
http://www.merckmanuals.com/professional/nutritional_disorders/mineral_deficiency_and_toxicity/fluorine.html
No tests to diagnose toxicity are available.
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Did the EPA fire a toxicologist, Dr. William Marcus, for refusing to remain silent on the cancer risk of fluoride?
I read that here in this article:
http://www.nteu280.org/Issues/Fluoride/NTEU280-Fluoride.htm
EPA fired the Office of Drinking Water's chief toxicologist, Dr. William Marcus, who also was our ...
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Was Phyllis Mullenix fired after publishing research on neurotoxicity of fluoride?
According to this CC Pure Water article, Dr. Phyllis Mullenix was fired from her research position three days after it was announced that her research into the neurotoxicity of fluoride was to be ...
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Does drinking fluoridated water prevent cavities?
The Green Vision blog made the claim that fluoride doesn't prevent cavities. Here is a quote from the article:
The topical application of fluoride is a proven method for protecting
teeth from ...
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Did the Nazis maliciously fluoridate drinking water?
Firstly, I think this is a stupid unbelievable question. However, for the sake of getting on S.SE, is there any evidence to for the Nazis using fluoride maliciously for example, to make prisoners more ...
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Has 99% of the western continental Europe banned water fluoridation?
I keep seeing this claim about the unpopularity of water fluoridation parroted.
Despite dental pressure, 99% of western continental Europe has rejected, banned, or stopped fluoridation due to ...
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Was fluoride grandfathered in by the FDA because it was sold as rat poison prior to 1938?
This site makes the claim that the reason the FDA never tested fluoride for human consumption was because it was on the market prior to 1938, when the FDA was formed. This claim is pretty well ...
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Is water fluoridation harmful?
There’s a controversy going around whether the benefits of water fluoridation outweigh the potential harms.
What is the evidence for the harm this may cause and what evidence supports the health ...
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Does consuming fluoridated water reduce IQ?
Related:
Is fluoride in water an industry waste product?
Is water fluoridation harmful?
Dr. Mercola is at it again with a new article: 25 Studies Prove This Reduces Your IQ.
The Fluoride Action ...
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Does vitamin D prevent cavities better than fluoride?
Dr. Mercola has released the following article: The Vitamin that is Better than Fluoride in Reducing Cavities. He quotes the VitaminD Council as his source for this:
"There were also several ...
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Is fluoride in water an industry waste product?
There are many claims made about the source of fluoride in our water, some examples are:
Intentional dosing of municipal water supplies with fluoride waste products from industry
Increased cancer ...
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Is fluoride toothpaste dangerous?
Is there any proof that the amount of fluoride that commonly used in toothpaste is unhealthy?
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