The health hazards of fluoride (long)
Mathemagician <bev...@gauss.unm.edu>
In article <4d0b6366.20
...@apollo.HP.COM> lub
...@apollo.COM (David Lubkin) writes:
>Not that the risks of eating toothpaste are a central point of our
>discussion, but I'm sorry. I'm citing journals like Environmental Fluoride,
>JAMA, J. Dent. Res., and Nature, and you're citing a novel? I don't care
>how much confidence you have in Goldman.
Fine. I'll write to Goldman and get his references. Happy?
>But even supposing it's true that it is not reasonable to kill an adult with
>toothpaste, that doesn't say anything about Yiamouyiannis's claim:
> While most children will not consume an entire tube of toothpaste, it
> must be realized that toxic reactions occur before a lethal dose is
> 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.
What are the toxic effects and are they related to the fluoride
or anything else in the toothpaste? To kill a person with toothpaste,
the effects are NOT because of an overdose of fluoride but because
of the other ingredients.
So why hasn't anybody yelled about the saccharine in toothpaste?
It's a known carcinogen. Could it be that the cancer scare of
saccharine is overblown? Those that say that it causes cancer in
laboratory rats neglect the fact that one would have to consume
70 sticks of gum every day for years before any effect would be seen.
I see a similar case for fluoride.
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