Has anybody else heard that fluoride in toothpaste is poisonous? People are saying that Fluoride is a neurotoxin and it also causes osteoporosis.

This morning I was brushing my teeth and I read the label on my toothpaste. It did say to call poison control if toothpaste is accidently swallowed. WTF?

Not only is fluoride in toothpaste, it is also in our water supply. How could you avoid fluoride? Especially since most bottled water is just bottled tap water.
[Edited 3/28/08 12:35pm]

yup.

Google "Salt Based" toothpaste and order some of that instead. Salt is very affective at killing germs, and cleaning your theeth. There are ones that use star Anise to sweeten the paste.

I use alternative toothpaste whenever I can. Flouride is poisonous.

Imago said:

That's some scary shit!!

As with anything, it depends on how much of it you eat.

Imago said:

Then again, some bacteria thrives in a salty environment.

Imago said:

I bet you're a delight to share a bathroom with.

I wonder if plain baking soda would be a good alternative. that's what they use back in the day. I don't think having more cavities is very healthy either. I think that is the main purpose of adding the fluoride to the toothpaste. I probably depends on the quantity. I was told zinc was supposed to help your immune system, but high doses can kill you.

I guess to much of everything can be bad for you.

2the9s said:

seriously tho, why don't people know about this yet? i can't believe there
are still so many people who don't know, and probably don't care about the
stuff they come into contact with every single day.

Like lime cordial is a mild poison if you drink it undiluted.

the thing that trips me out is about 13 years ago, they used to gve you little containers of flouride for your baby's teeth as they came in. They stopped the practice but never really let out why. Tom's natural toothpaste...it may not have flouride.....

StillGotIt said:

JASON has non-fluoride toothpaste
so does another brand called KISSMYFACE

They also put fluoride in tap water.
Thats why I always wonder how well those Britta filters work, do they filter the fluoride too?

horatio said:

The last time I talked about JASON toothpaste, Raze gave me hell.

My dad always told me to never swallow toothpaste. I remember it to this day. They used lead for fillings as well. So WTF, dentists?

StillGotIt said:

In middle school they made us gargle that shit once a month. I think it was once a month...maybe it was more.

oh no, I used floride a few days ago and have been having aches every now and then, I hope it's not related to that! I only used it once. I think I brushed my teeth with it...are they gonna fall off now?
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I avoided flouride for a while but I got a bunch of cavities. I think you don't need it if you don't eat much sugar, but I do like sweets & maybe a coke.

I have used flouride toothpaste (but don't like to drink tap water) for a few years again, and haven't really had any cavities.

I just rinse really well after brushing my teeth, and hope the government can't control me.

Imago said:

Always...

When I first used an all natural/organic t/p (after only one tube)
I went back to Crest
and I could immediately taste the chemicals in the t/p.
I couldn't handle it.

yea i also heard on the michael baisden show that salad dressing has sodium chlorosophate or something like that and it's the same stuff that they put in antifreeze to thicken it up so they suggested to make your own dressing they have a segment like this every week on thursday i think

They used to give us fluoride tablets in school. They were cherry flavoured. It did not help to prevent me from getting cavities.

My SO teases me because I use toothpaste without fluoride and he says it tastes like soap.

It's devastating. That's why everyone dies when they brush their teeth.

Mars23 said:

and why people are dying younger in general

They have started putting Flouride in the water in the UK.

So they want to poison us all?