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Referring to a common salt of fluoride, sodium fluoride (NaF), the lethal dose for most adult humans is estimated at 5 to 10 g (which is equivalent to 32 to 64 mg elemental fluoride/kg body weight). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Ingestion of fluoride can produce gastrointestinal discomfort at doses at least 15 to 20 times lower (0.2–0.3 mg/kg or 10 to 15 ...
That can include drinking water with fluoride, using and mistakenly swallowing fluoridated toothpaste and taking fluoride supplements. "Having knowledge of the fluoride level in your community ...
Children can be at risk if they consume too much fluoride while their permanent teeth are still forming, such as by swallowing fluoride toothpaste or drinking too much fluoridated water, according ...
Fluoride – it's added to the water systems of more than two thirds of Americans. It's in dental products from toothpaste to mouth wash. It's been the subject of long-running conspiracy theories.
The point is that it is consumed! Fluoride tooth paste has a warning on the back saying "Harmful! If swallow contact the poison control agency immediately! It has this warning because of the fluoride, a poison. You should not swallow fluoride! That is the point being made in the above passage. Geoinline 20:02, 2 June 2009 (UTC)
Kauffman stresses that too much of anything can be harmful — and that water systems are required to inform you if the levels of fluoride in your water are too high. “Water fluoridation has to ...
Fluoride consumption can exceed the tolerable upper limit when someone drinks a lot of fluoride-containing water in combination with other fluoride sources, such as swallowing fluoridated toothpaste, consuming food with a high fluoride content, or consuming fluoride supplements.
“Prior to the age of 6, you need to have some fluoride that you swallow so that it can get into the developing permanent teeth,” she said. “That’s the most important time for systemic ...