Science Posts from Fluoride Exposed
Explore Fluoride – our space-themed resources on the chemistry of fluoride for cavity prevention
- Fluoride Facts about Seniors plus Quotes
Communities in the United States have been drinking fluoridated water for 80 years now. And that fluoridated water prevents cavities at all ages. Even if you’re older than fluoridation! Everyone, from kids to seniors, gets little bits of fluoride remineralizing their enamel throughout the day, when they drink fluoridated water. Light up the truth! We love this … Read more - Did you know these facts about fluoride?Fluoride makes your teeth more like shark teeth! Sharks have enamel that is nearly pure fluorapatite. When you drink fluoridated water and brush your teeth with fluoride toothpaste, fluoride remineralizes the cavity-prone carbonated apatite in your teeth and forms a mixture of fluorapatite and hydroxyapatite. Fluoride is the major ion of fluoride which is the … Read more
- Some favorite science quotes
It’s like herding cats! “It’s quite hard to persuade the scientific community to say, ‘Yes, we know something, this is true.’ Naomi Oreskes There’s so much yet to be unraveled … “In scientific work, those who refuse to go beyond fact rarely get as far as fact.” Thomas Huxley Here is another timely quote for … Read more - Dating, exposing hoaxes, and fluoride in the ocean
Is fluoride a hoax? Nope, but it did prove the Piltdown Man skull was a hoax! The longer a fossil is in the ground, the more naturally-occurring fluoride it absorbs from groundwater. This new method of dating fossils was used in 1953 to show that the Piltdown Man skull was not a new species of … Read more - Fluoride Fact Friday: MCLs, Australia research, volcanoes
We’ll keep it simple for our first fact for Fluoride Fact Friday: One important source of fluoride in earth’s fluoride cycle is volcanoes! Another fact for the day … Fluoride is the only substance that has both an MCL and SMCL in EPA’s drinking water treatment standards and guidelines. What’s MCL and SMCL, you ask? … Read more