Yeah but lead bioaccumulates where as fluoride/ine doesn’t
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RobotToaster@mander.xyz 10 months agoYeah, by this argument lead in the water isn’t a concern.
5oap10116@lemmy.world 10 months ago
ryannathans@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Are you sure fluoride doesn’t? It does accumulate in the soil, building up in crops. Considering fluoride exposure from all sources, many people are above upper safe limits, even from tea drinking alone
I don’t think fluoride should be added to water as it just pollutes the environment, where 99.99% of water isn’n coming in contact with teeth
marcos@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It doesn’t. This is high-school chemistry.
Fluoride only “accumulates” up to the peak concentration of the environment (no further) on places where it is removed from contact with that environment.
You can only accumulate fluoride in the soil if you keep adding it and there is almost no rain to wash it away.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 10 months ago
Like how grops are irrigated with town water, and in many areas with lowering rainfall?
Ferrous@lemmy.ml 10 months ago
Yup, same with PFAS and forever chemicals. Maybe I’m ignorant because I’m not a doctor, but I don’t know if this line of thinking holds water - pun not intended.
reptar@lemmy.world 10 months ago
lead poisoning becomes evident pretty early though doesn’t it? (With respect to kids)
I would think that the ratio of persistent exposure to unsafe level has got to be easily higher in cases like Flint than any fluoride-in-the-water usage. Just speculation on my part.
What measures are taken to avoid screwing up the dosage, anyone know? Maybe predilute so that an oops requires multiple buckets instead of vials?
Hylactor@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
You just made me mad by helping me realize that the Trump bros are going to break water by removing fluoride long before they fix water by removing lead.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Removing fluoride won’t break the water. However, it may break our teeth.
winterayars@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
They like the lead, though!
(Probably. I mean, they did in Flint, MI…)