We have an avid anti-fluoridation campaigner in our area who maintains that fluoride was added to the water in Northern Ireland to 'dumb down' the population into apathy and acceptance - hmm didn't seem to work! it also didn't help my niece's teeth - she still needed fluoride tablets during her early years
It does not need to be put in the water for it to work on teeth. That's factual. Putting it in water, means that not only are you ingesting it, but every thing you eat, or each time you bathe, you are pulling in fluoride. If you open a can of food that has fluoridated water used to pack it, its in your canned goods. Boiling does not remove it - only water purification does. Kids under 6 shouldn't use fluoride toothpaste because it's toxic to them - but how many people give their kids tap water that's fluoridated? Mix it with lemonade or koolaid? Use it to cook their kids meals? I think it's dangerous stuff ..sammieswife.