Message from discussion The health hazards of fluoride (long)

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From: casse...@bbn.com (Sally Cassells)
Newsgroups: misc.kids,sci.skeptic
Subject: Re: The health hazards of fluoride (long)
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Date: 27 Sep 90 18:39:46 GMT
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Posted: Thu Sep 27 19:39:46 1990

In article <4d0b6366.20...@apollo.HP.COM> lub...@apollo.COM (David Lubkin) writes:

>    obtained.  In this context, it is important to note that children 4-6
>    years of age consume 25-33% of the toothpaste put on their toothbrush.
>    [103]

Sounds like a conservative estimate to me.  My children (aged 1.5 and ~4)
consume 80-90% of the toothpaste I put on their toothbrushes.  But my 18 month
old son remove the caps off the toothpaste tube (BTY, off of "childproof"
pill bottles too) and will "mainline" the toothpaste given half a chance!

Is children's toothpaste really safer?  I hope so!

-Sally