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But note that this method will not remove fluoride or dissolved salts.
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Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
Oral care has focused almost entirely on fluoride for decades, Hoss said, but fixating on any single ingredient misses the real drivers of oral health.
—Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Meyers said the only actual safety issue now being reported is that the powdered fluoride bags recently delivered to the treatment plant by outside contractors sometimes have cuts in the plastic.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
And the National Toxicity Program, which is the ultimate arbiter of the toxicity of environmental exposures, have found that even small exposures to fluoride reduce IQ by a point, a point-and-a-half, and the larger exposures by much more.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
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Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 6 Feb. 2026
Oral care has focused almost entirely on fluoride for decades, Hoss said, but fixating on any single ingredient misses the real drivers of oral health.
—Andrea Kane, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
Meyers said the only actual safety issue now being reported is that the powdered fluoride bags recently delivered to the treatment plant by outside contractors sometimes have cuts in the plastic.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
And the National Toxicity Program, which is the ultimate arbiter of the toxicity of environmental exposures, have found that even small exposures to fluoride reduce IQ by a point, a point-and-a-half, and the larger exposures by much more.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluoride. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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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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