Current opponents are using classic techniques calculated to alarm, distract and delude those who can't or won't take the time to consider reasonably the facts for themselves. Poisons' can be helpful Many naturally occurring substances are poisonous or beneficial depending on their concentration. Examples include oxygen, iron and copper. A single chlorine tablet can kill a child if ingested, yet make a swimming pool safer so children can swim in it unharmed. Box warnings against eating toothpaste have as much to do with the detergent causing diarrhea and cramping as the effect of the fluoride.
Most children eating soap have similar stomach upset.
I've yet to hear of a case of death or serious impairment from eating fluoride toothpaste. Three hundred and sixty million people in 60 countries have the benefits of fluoridated water. Nearly 70 percent of U.S. communities' water supplies are fluoridated with no reports of the appearance of health deterioration. Only two major Texas cities are unfluoridated. Abilene is one.