quote[ i just think that if folks are going to run around thinking fluoride is so bad they should at least look into it a little further than their favorite conspiracy]
with the greatest repect,iv got none of my info from either
when i was small i hated toothpaste,and would fake cleaning my teeth with it ,i did this right up untill i was old enuff to live my life and buy my own,i buy a natural toothpaste and im 46 and even after years of smoking,eating sweets,fizzy drinks,i dont have one filling,in 1998 i was looking in to fluoride and stayed away from it,i put my healthy teeth down to natural toothpaste
2 years ago i got online for fluoride info,the internet is a wealth of info and i chose to steer clear of fluoride
please see that my info has nothing to do with cospiracy sites
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Andreas Schuld is head of the global organization Parents of Fluoride Poisoned Children (PFPC). He is considered by many to be the world's foremost authority on the effects of inorganic and organic fluorides on the thyroid gland and on thyroid hormone metabolism.
www.westonaprice.org/Fluoride-Worse-than-We-Thought.html i will avoid it thanks