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> You were fed formula made with fluoridated water tuned to dose a 200lb man when you were 8lbs.

Er, no. A baby only consumes 4-8oz of water per day while an adult is consuming 125oz. The concentration is the same in both cases so the adult is getting 30X more.

> Then factor in the bell distribution and you are massively overexposing huge numbers of people a few standard deviations out.

How are you defining 'overexposed' and 'highly' in these statements. Do you have any studies or evidence? How are you deciding this consumption isn't factored into how much is put in water?



> The concentration is the same in both cases so the adult is getting 30X more.

That should read 15-30 times more, according to your own figures. And then, the baby's mass is about 15-30 times less than the adult, so at the end you are in the same ballpark again, percentagewise.


Yep, but the implication was that the child was getting a megadose. They're not. They would be if they were drinking 15-30X as much water per unit mass. That's not a child, that's a water balloon.


Its kind of hilarious to picture what a new born baby taking in the amount of water a 200 lb man would in a day.

And of course "overexposed" is exactly the dose that fits their narrative.

I'm suspect they'd also have an opinion about not showering as much to not absorb the flouride through their skin.




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