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Water fluoridation

The practice of adding fluoride to public drinking water to prevent cavities, and its potential effects on human health.

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Feb 3, 2026

Is flouride bad for plants?

: at sufficiently high concentrations or with chronic exposure it impairs photosynthesis, growth, germination and reproductive organs in many plant species and produces characteristic leaf-tip and mar...

Jan 25, 2026

Does fluoride cause heart disease

The evidence that is mixed: experimental and mechanistic studies show plausible pathways for at high exposures, while human epidemiology yields inconsistent results and cannot establish causality on i...