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Eric Pepke  
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 More options Oct 1 1990, 5:52 pm
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From: pe...@gw.scri.fsu.edu (Eric Pepke)
Date: 1 Oct 90 15:12:15 GMT
Local: Mon, Oct 1 1990 10:12 am
Subject: Re: The health hazards of fluoride (long)
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In article <1990Sep28.181624.3...@bony1.uucp> bi...@bony1.uucp (Bill W.

Gripp) writes:
> The reason they may have stopped using stannous fluoride in toothpaste
> is a concern over potential heavy metal (tin) poisonning.

Tin isn't particularly poisonous.  For this reason, it has been used a lot
in containers for things that people consume, from the old tin-plated
steel cans called "tin cans" to toothpaste tubes to lead-free solder for water
pipes.

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