Assertion: fluoride | /r/HasProperty | safe
Facets:
value: at the levels
type: OTHER
value: for all animals
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to consume in low doses
type: PURPOSE
value: really
type: DEGREE
value: for humans
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: for dental health at low concentrations
type: PURPOSE
value: in the amounts
type: OTHER
value: as rubbish
type: DEGREE
value: in essence
type: OTHER
value: at any concentration
type: LOCATION
value: "perfectly"
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Why Fluoride Is Safe
text: In essence, fluorides are ineffective and unsafe at any concentration.
text: Fluoride is a safe way to prevent tooth decay.
text: Fluoride is Safe
text: Fluoride is good and safe.
text: It was to serve as the test city to be compared against un-fluoridated Muskegon for a period of ten years relative to tooth decay, at which time it would be determined whether or not fluoride was “safe and effective.
text: It came out that there was no data to support the conclusion that fluoride was safe
text: John Colquhoun was told to find proof that fluoride was safe or he would lose his job, The late John Colquhoun could not find any proof to support fluoridation of New Zealand's water supply but he did find proof that it was dangerous and so started a campaign to have it banned.
text: I'm not so fanatical as that, but they have their reasons -- deaths, usually of children, during or shortly after fluoride treatment (which proves the claims fluoride is "perfectly" safe as rubbish, if only on the grounds nothing is perfectly safe as the fluoridation defenders here have noted).
text: Fluoride is safe and effective when used properly and in appropriate doses, but like anything else, it is possible to get too much of a good thing.
text: In fact, the evidence consistently shows that fluoride is safe and effective in the amounts your toothpaste and household tap provides.
text: Although fluoride is safe for dental health at low concentrations, sustained consumption of large amounts of soluble fluoride salts is dangerous.
text: But is fluoride really safe?
text: Fluoride proponents claim fluoride is a naturally occurring substance found in many areas across the US, as such, it must be safe.
text: The ADA’s official position is that fluoride is safe, yet there have been deaths of children in the dentist’s office due to fluoride, albeit very few.
text: According to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission, “Fluoride in levels administered for drinking water is safe for humans and all animals.
text: Griffiths writes that this was not a scientific breakthrough, but rather part of a “public disinformation campaign” by the aluminum industry “to convince the public that fluoride was safe and good.
text: Fluoride is safe to consume in low doses such as in fluoridated tap water, but can be toxic if ingested in large quantities.
text: It was to serve as the test city to be compared against un-fluoridated Muskegon for a period of ten years relative to tooth decay, "at which time it would be determined whether or not fluoride was "safe and effectiv.
text: Fluoride is supplied to large numbers of populations throughout the world in drinking water and, at the levels used, it is safe and effective, and has been accepted as such by numerous public health agencies worldwide.
text: However, just because fluoride may be there naturally, does not mean it is safe.
text: Therefore, medical studies that deem fluoride to be safe are essentially irrelevant if cities are not regulating the amount individuals drink.