The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

The paper is here

  • Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    Look, I’m not saying the average consumer will ever run into this risk, I’m saying that you shouldn’t go around saying H301 acutely toxic chemicals are as safe to ingest as bananas. You’re not the president of the United States.

    • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
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      3 days ago

      That’s not what they were saying. They were saying the levels in drinking water are so low that it’s comparable to radiation levels in bananas.

      As in, you’d need to consume so much for it to be lethal that you’d have to be intentionally doing it to cause harm to yourself.

      • Tiresia@slrpnk.net
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        3 days ago

        I believe it is what they meant to say, but it is simply not what they said.

        The big issue is that the process to make ground water safe to drink removes the Sodium Flouride from it. We have to add it back in, unless you live in a town like mine where they decided to stop flouridating the water because they believe in conspiracy theories and Facebook science.

        The levels you need to consume to cause harm are pretty substantial. You would have to be intentionally consuming a LOT of Sodium Flouride to cause issues. It’s almost on the level of “how many bananas do you need to eat to get radiation poisoning”.

        The bolded sentence is unambiguous. It uses no prepositions, no context-dependent phrases, no complex punctuation. It is a simple sentence ending in a full stop. How can you deny this is what they said?