The majority of Queensland councils are washing their hands of fluoridation under the watch of both sides of politics
Submitted 2 days ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
Submitted 2 days ago by Zagorath@aussie.zone to australia@aussie.zone
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Too much fluoride has recently been shown to be dangerous, and fluoride can be gotten via diet or toothpaste. I personally think water should contain only the absolute bare minimum fluoride, and even without fluoride in water there are other options.
Wrufieotnak@feddit.org 2 days ago
Too much fluoride hasn’t been shown recently to be dangerous, that had been known for at least decades. And fluorination had always been a heavily discussed topic, but in places where the ground water has very low fluoride levels, it has been shown 1 to improve dental quality of the citizens.
[1] Fluoride and Dental Health: An Overview of Its History, Occurrence, Intake and Metabolism in Human, Methods of Delivery and Harmful Effects
March 2023
International Journal of Clinical Preventive Dentistry 19(1):1-6
DOI:10.15236/ijcpd.2023.19.1.1
(researchgate.net/…/369858465_Fluoride_and_Dental_…)
Tenderizer@aussie.zone 2 days ago
Specifically recent research showed that the safe levels of fluoride are lower than we thought. I don’t remember the exact research, and I phrased it poorly because I didn’t remember it. I’ll edit it accordingly.
Regarding whether dietary and toothpaste fluoride is sufficient, I’ll defer to you on that.