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I mentioned other cases. You are strawmanning me lol. As for prevalence, you want me to believe that the numerous people who worry about cow farts, fracking, secondhand smoke, gluten, GMOs, and non-organic food won't also be worried about toxic waste like fluoride? I think the only way they would not worry about it is because they've been told an outgroup has championed the issue.

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Obviously you are reaching here… fluoride in water and second hand smoke are on completely different levels.

Not really. Second hand smoke is relatively harmless unless you are stuck in a very smokey environment every day for years. Fluoridated water is hard to avoid, usually costs money to avoid, and you are exposed for your whole life. Smoke is a much more obvious toxin than fluoride because you can smell it, and it's irritating to most people at first.

Fluoride in water is completely unnecessary thanks to fluoridated toothpaste, yet we continue to add it. There are other countries, even in Europe, that don't do it out of concern for the health effects of the toxin. Yet people call it a conspiracy theory anyway...

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