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 NO CHILD benefits from fluoride in their water,
or their toothpaste. Fluoride should be applied as needed on a case by case basis by a dentist.
Unless you want your child to have a lower IQ... 
 Was decades of this a result of malice, ignorance, or a bit of both? 
 My Sats are on malice 
 also, HUGE difference between sodium fluoride and the industrial waste added to water 
 please tell me more. i saw sodium fluoride on a carbonated water and threw it out the window. 
 i could accept adding fluoride to SOME ( clearly labeled ) toothpaste so people can choose to apply it to their teeth ...

but to indiscriminately add a chemical to entire drinking water supply is indefensible 
 I only recently got a reverse osmosis water filter. It makes the water taste so much better.