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This isn’t caused by too little water or too much sun, but rather by the chemicals in tap water, such as fluoride and chlorine.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
Except the level of fluoride those respective cohorts were exposed to was many times that of anyone in the US.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2025
The fluoride bill failed, but the ivermectin bill passed.
—Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
Although the study did not examine why people who were exposed to fluoridation had higher test scores in high school, Warren hypothesizes that having better dental health as a result of fluoride may have meant those individuals were less likely to be absent from school because of illness.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Dec. 2025
Except the level of fluoride those respective cohorts were exposed to was many times that of anyone in the US.
—New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2025
The fluoride bill failed, but the ivermectin bill passed.
—Rosemary Westwood, NPR, 25 Nov. 2025
Although the study did not examine why people who were exposed to fluoridation had higher test scores in high school, Warren hypothesizes that having better dental health as a result of fluoride may have meant those individuals were less likely to be absent from school because of illness.
—Humberto Basilio, Scientific American, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluoride. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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fluoride
noun
flu·o·ride
ˈflu̇(-ə)r-ˌīd 
1
: a compound of fluorine with a more electropositive element or radical
2
: the monovalent anion of fluorine
fluoride
adjective
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