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Originally Posted by HeartsOfFire
I know I'm not as smart as I think I am, and I'm fine with that. I also know that given your field of study versus mine, you are likely far better versed and educated than I am in the fields that you study. Clearly, on the topic of health and the ingestion of chemicals, I take a more laissez-faire approach whereas you take on a 'healthiest option available,' to the point where you actively try to avoid knowingly ingesting chemicals, and equate the consumption of fluoridated water to drinking poison. That is hyperbolic paranoia, and you are way overboard. It's not nearly as bad as you think it is.
Logic. Reason.
Checkmate.
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Well this is where the incorrect assumptions come in to play. I don't equate consumption of fluoridated water to drinking poison, I recognize that given the extremely polarized nature of research there is the possibility that it is equivalent to drinking poison.
I don't believe that my attitude is hyperbolic or paranoid, I intend to make the best informed and most logical decisions possible. There is evidence that suggests that fluoride is a cumulative chemical, meaning that your body may filter some of it but the fluoride that remains does not disappear over time and in fact accumulates and creates increasingly detrimental effects. So while you think the body handles it readily the concern is that the opposite is happening, a chemical known to be poisonous in high doses is accumulating over time (ie. you could slowly be poisoning yourself). Add this to evidence that suggests there is little correlation between the prevention of tooth decay and water fluoride levels.
You can say "but there is evidence that contradicts what you just said regarding empirical studies" and you would be correct. It is easy to find evidence from peer reviewed articles from both sides so in my educated viewpoint the only logical conclusion is that it should be the right of the individual to decide how they handle this.