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Skeptoid #58: All About Fluoridation

Skeptoid

Brian Dunning

Skeptic, Social Sciences, Skepticism, Paranormal, Conspiracy Theories, Urban Legends, Science, History

4.63K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2007

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

A few fringe activists claim that fluoridation of water carries more danger than benefit.

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The fluoridation of water is one of those inflammatory issues that divide communities around

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the world.

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Health science says that the level of fluoride in our tap water should be closely controlled,

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while anti-fluoride activists insist that it be left at its natural level, whether that's

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higher or lower, as they believe that human intervention will result in horrific health

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consequences.

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The fluoridation is today unskeptoid.

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Fluoridation, death from the faucet.

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