A Facebook video said fluoride in Colgate toothpaste isn’t safe because a chemical spill once required hazmat crews to clean it up. It misunderstands the science behind what’s in your toothpaste.
According to International Olympic Committee data, “an average of 29 athletes under the age of 35 suffered sudden death per year from 1966 to 2004. From March 2021 to March 2022, 769 athletes have died or suffered cardiac arrest."Hydrofluorosilicic acid is actually not fluoride, said Slott, who described fluoride as an anion, or a negatively charged atom, of the naturally occurring element, fluorine. Here’s how he explains the science behind water fluoridation with this particular additive.
Once it’s added to water, the acid"immediately and completely hydrolyzes," or dissociates, into fluoride ions and an insignificant amount of trace contaminants, he said. Pollick said fluoride is just one of several additives used in water treatment. Others are used"to regulate bacteria, to regulate viruses, to regulate other kinds of substances that get into water."
The fluoride in your toothpaste does not contain the hydrofluorosilicic acid used to add fluoride to drinking water, Pollick said.
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