Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To add a fluorine compound to (a drinking water supply, for example) for the purpose of reducing tooth decay.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To subject to fluoridation, as of water; to add fluoride to.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb chemistry, dentistry To add
fluoride to something, especially todrinking water in order to reducetooth decay .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb subject to fluoridation; treat with fluoride
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Examples
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Amazingly, the United States is only one of eight countries in the entire developed world that fluoridate more than 50 percent of their water supply.
Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Health Hazards of Water Fluoridation (VIDEO) Dr. Joseph Mercola 2010
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Amazingly, the United States is only one of eight countries in the entire developed world that fluoridate more than 50 percent of their water supply.
Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Health Hazards of Water Fluoridation (VIDEO) Dr. Joseph Mercola 2010
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Amazingly, the United States is only one of eight countries in the entire developed world that fluoridate more than 50 percent of their water supply.
Dr. Joseph Mercola: The Health Hazards of Water Fluoridation (VIDEO) Dr. Joseph Mercola 2010
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When the U.S. policy to fluoridate our drinking water was first developed, scientists and dentists believed that only ingested fluoride benefited teeth.
Bill Chameides: The Chemical Marketplace Series -- Drinking It In: Is Fluoride Good for You? 2010
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When the U.S. policy to fluoridate our drinking water was first developed, scientists and dentists believed that only ingested fluoride benefited teeth.
Bill Chameides: The Chemical Marketplace Series -- Drinking It In: Is Fluoride Good for You? 2010
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He explained that the treatment recommendations are not about me at all, but "a public health issue, just like why we fluoridate water."
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A group of private citizens in San Diego County is planning to file a large-scale lawsuit in federal court against public water districts and challenge the constitutionality of using industrial-grade hydrofluosilicic acid to fluoridate drinking water.
Large-Scale Lawsuit Seeks to Ban Chemical Poisoning of Water Supply in San Diego | Disinformation 2008
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Several studies from Europe and elsewhere (see here [pdf], here and here) show that developed countries now have similar levels of cavities whether they fluoridated their water or not -- a change from the 1970s and '80s when countries that did not fluoridate their water had more tooth decay on average than those that did.
Bill Chameides: The Chemical Marketplace Series -- Drinking It In: Is Fluoride Good for You? 2010
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He explained that the treatment recommendations are not about me at all, but "a public health issue, just like why we fluoridate water."
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Several studies from Europe and elsewhere (see here [pdf], here and here) show that developed countries now have similar levels of cavities whether they fluoridated their water or not -- a change from the 1970s and '80s when countries that did not fluoridate their water had more tooth decay on average than those that did.
Bill Chameides: The Chemical Marketplace Series -- Drinking It In: Is Fluoride Good for You? 2010
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