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

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[–] 8 points 5 months ago (1 child)

You physically can't drink enough (properly) fluoridated water to get fluoride poisoning.

Some back of the napkin math says a typical American (rounded to 200lbs) would need ~67 liters of water to get a lethal does of fluoride. Some lazy googling says that the absolute most your kidneys would handle is 20 liters in a 24hr period before they start failing. Literally, the amount water you can drink is more toxic than the amount of fluoride in it.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    That's not what they said, though. What they said is that "you would have to be intentionally consuming a LOT of sodium fluoride to cause issues". Not fluorinated water, sodium fluoride. The actual salt that kills you if you eat a teaspoon of it.

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