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While at high doses, fluoride can cause bone issues and tooth discoloration, experts and health bodies largely continue to champion the positive effects of fluoride at the much smaller doses it is delivered through water systems.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Beginning in the 1940s, a small amount of fluoride was added as an inexpensive, safe and effective means to improve dental health.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
While the research did not intend to address broader public health implications of water fluoridation in the U.S., Taylor suggested that the findings could help inform future research into the impact of fluoride on children’s health.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
Using this analysis — which is inconclusive at levels of fluoridation below 1.5 mg/L — to inform the debate over low levels of fluoride in drinking water feels like a stretch to fluoridation supporters like Levy.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
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David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Beginning in the 1940s, a small amount of fluoride was added as an inexpensive, safe and effective means to improve dental health.
—Bill Sullivan, The Conversation, 27 Jan. 2025
While the research did not intend to address broader public health implications of water fluoridation in the U.S., Taylor suggested that the findings could help inform future research into the impact of fluoride on children’s health.
—Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
Using this analysis — which is inconclusive at levels of fluoridation below 1.5 mg/L — to inform the debate over low levels of fluoride in drinking water feels like a stretch to fluoridation supporters like Levy.
—Pien Huang, NPR, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluoride. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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fluoride
noun
flu·o·ride
ˈflu̇(-ə)r-ˌīd 
1
: a compound of fluorine with a more electropositive element or radical
2
: the monovalent anion of fluorine
fluoride
adjective
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