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Originally Posted by Lemming But surely isn't that because the drinking water has fluourine put into it? I thought flourine was put into the drinking water supply to improve the condition of people's teeth but not such a high level it will be risky. I believe you shouldn't swallow alot of toothpaste due to the amount of fluoride in that also. |
Tea has a much higher fluoride content than water. Artificial fluoridation of water is a separate issue. I worked for a newspaper for a couple of weeks two years ago, and did a big article on fluoridation - it was a local paper, so that's why it was such a big story! - actually, I did get my story in before it became a bit of an issue in naational news, so maybe I got a bit of a scoop there! Anyway, having got my boast out of the way ... excess fluoride can lead to dental cavities, fluorosis (manky discolouration, if memory serves right) and has been linked to Irritable Bowel Syndrome, which causes a huge amount of off-work sickness in the USA. There's even suggestions of links to cancer, although these are highly speculative.
So, knowing how much tea you drink, Lemming, I'd say you're probably going to get yellow teeth, then they'll fall out, so you won't be able to tell everyone how much pain you're in when it feels like a mule is trying to kick its way out of your bowel. Of course, you could always drink water instead, a la Zainub.
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