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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
The reason for my jab at dentists is that they (throught their Dental Associtasion institutions) have fully endorsed the ingestion of an industrial waste and not respecting the work of brain doctors, cancer doctors etc. who are revealing this stuff to be detrimental to our health.
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1) A waste product can be used in safety after purification. Chemicals are always purified despite what you may think.
2) "Brain and cancer" doctors routinely use fluorine-containing molecules in either treatment pharmaceuticals or as a diagnostic tool. For example, PET (positron emission tomography) routinely uses radioactive F-containing molecules to image tumors. I have personally worked on these projects in Cancer research groups and I have yet to see anyone propose what you claim.
Edit: I'll add that the PET compounds are synthesized every day in hospitals around the world. These are done using fluoride sources and are then injected into humans and animals in much higher concentrations than is in drinking water.