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Frank_Norris_Lives

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5. As an alternative....

Reply to Prog_gun_owner (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 1, 2013, 05:35 AM

Mar 2013

....to Zappaman's and Jberryhill's flip replies, you might be interested to know that a recent Harvard meta-analysis of 27 studies conducted over 22 years did correctly correlate fluoridated drinking water intake with lower I.Q. (and other problems):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3491930/

Which explains many things.

Avoid it.

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Deadly fluoride spill in Kentucky threatens nearby communities Tuesday, November 13, 2012 [View all] Prog_gun_owner Feb 2013 OP

You were right to put it in this forum. zappaman Feb 2013 #1

oh good Prog_gun_owner Feb 2013 #2

Well... zappaman Feb 2013 #3

It's working better now that they spray it from airplanes jberryhill Mar 2013 #4

As an alternative.... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #5

If you actually read it, the studies that showed the problems were MANY MULTIPLES the maximum contam AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #7

As another Harvard guy might have said..... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #9

Did you actually read that study, the entire thing? AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #10

well dosage is the problem isn't it? Prog_gun_owner Mar 2013 #11

Worst offender? White grape juice. AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #12

calcium fluoride, or silica fluoride? Prog_gun_owner Mar 2013 #13

Both are used. AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #15

Probably not a good idea to dump a whole shitload of it in the river... AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #8

or on peach orchards. Prog_gun_owner Mar 2013 #14

+1 and lol AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #6

Fluoride is a.... Frank_Norris_Lives Mar 2013 #16