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efirman

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    Comment #43549148

    Your indifference is based on some core assumptions that are false. In reality, 1) Fluoride in water works in addition to fluoride in toothpaste to protect our teeth - rather than …

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    Comment #43548877

    Here is a concise detailed analysis of the concerns with the metaanalysis provided by the NTP: https://theunbiasedscipod.substack.com/p/the-well-runs-deep-... The NTP report is fla…

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    Comment #29049637

    Thanks for sharing that article. In reading it I noticed a few things: 1) the primary author is a well published structural engineer. The article was billed as review of the medica…

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    Comment #29041799

    Tooth decay and the disease that comes with it is a multi-factorial disease - its not enough to simply eliminate "sugar" from the diet. So, although I agree 100% that we need put s…

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    Comment #29041722

    many studies who the impact of not providing community water fluoridation: https://bmcoralhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12... https://ucalgary.ca/news/study-shows-toot…

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    Comment #29041676

    Fluoride works both topically and systemically to reduce tooth decay and is delivered through water, salt, milk, toothpaste, varnish, rinse depending on age, country of origin, inc…

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    Comment #20752073

    The effect of fluoride is in addition to the effect of toothpaste and other fluoride delivery modalities (25%). Even if that were not the case, prior to the adoption of other fluor…

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    Comment #20752028

    Here is the CDC take on the products used in fluoridation. https://www.cdc.gov/fluoridation/engineering/wfadditives.htm... They are all subject to NSF Standard 60 requirements for …

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    Comment #20751882

    The reference the author uses to support his claim in this case referred to a review he co-authored that looked at high concentrations of fluoride. Her is one funded by the Nationa…