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Fluoride is not a nutrient.
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Many children now exceed recommended daily fluoride intake from toothpaste alone.
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More people drink fluoridated water in the United States than the rest of the world combined
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Wine and grape juice made in the U.S. have high levels of fluoride pesticide.
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In Europe, fluoride was once prescribed as a drug to reduce thyroid activity.
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Fluoridation disproportionately harms black children.
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Fluoridated water contributes to bone disease in dialysis patients.
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In 2009, there were 24,547 calls to U.S. Poison Control Centers due to ingestion of fluoride toothpaste.
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Heavy tea drinkers risk fluoride-induced bone disease.
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A half tube of candy-flavored toothpaste has enough fluoride to kill a small child.