is fluoride toothpaste toxic?

Описание: For those who still claim that fluoride toothpaste is a toxin – just know that they are forgetting that EVERYTHING can be toxic at a certain dose. Even the oxygen we breathe can be toxic at a certain dose. If there were too much oxygen in the air, our lungs wouldn’t be able to handle it. Fluoride, like oxygen, is not toxic at the levels we are exposed to.

So, if you’re avoiding fluoride toothpaste, you may want to reflect on WHY. Have you been advised to purchase a non-fluoride toothpaste from someone who sells that specific type of toothpaste?

The benefits of fluoride in preventing tooth decay and strengthening tooth enamel are supported by decades of scientific research and public health outcomes, endorsed by credible health organizations, such as @who, @cdc, and @ada.

Fluoride is naturally occurring in earth, and because of that, it’s also found NATURALLY in plenty of things that we eat and drink every single day due to their uptake from the soil during cultivation.

🦷 FLUORIDE AMOUNTS:
Ingested from toothpaste = 0.1 mg for adults
Ingested from toothpaste = 0.1 to 0.25 mg for kids
Brewed tea = 0.07 to 1.50 mg/cup
Brewed coffee = 0.22 mg/cup
Canned shrimp = 0.17 mg/can
Raisins = 0.32 mg/cup
Potatoes = 0.08 mg

✏️ Sodium fluoride toxicity = ~11.0 mg/kg
✏️ A tube of toothpaste contains ~1.0 mg of sodium fluoride/gram of toothpaste

For an adult who weighs about 180 lbs, this would amount to: ~900 mg of sodium fluoride (eating 5-8 tubes of toothpaste in one sitting). That’s WAY more than 0.1 mg (which is the amount we may ingest from toothbrushing).

For a child weighing about 40 pounds, they would need to ingest ~200 mg of sodium fluoride to reach the toxic dose. This means a child would need to eat 1.0-1.5 tubes in one sitting to reach toxic levels. Nobody should be eating toothpaste, just like we shouldn't be eating chapstick, shampoo, soap, etc…

🦷CONCLUSION: Normal usage of fluoride toothpaste (ingesting trace amounts while brushing) is far below toxic levels.

🦷SOURCES:
https://www.ada.org/resources/communi...
https://doi.org/10.3390/biomimetics50...
https://www.cdc.gov/oral-health/preve...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NB....
https://www.ada.org/resources/communi...
https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Flu...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17452...
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/idlh/fluori...
https://dpbh.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/dpb...
https://www.thenationshealth.org/cont...
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aap9559