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In reply to the discussion: San Jose finally getting fluoride for city's drinking water [View all]GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)20. A list of countries that don't fluoridate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation_controversy
Here is a more thorough look at countries that do and don't fluoridate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoridation_by_country
Fluoridation is by no means universally accepted.
Water fluoridation is used in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, and Australia, and a handful of other countries. The following nations previously fluoridated their water, but stopped the practice, with the years when water fluoridation started and stopped in parentheses:
Federal Republic of Germany (19521971)
Sweden (19521971)
Netherlands (19531976)
Czechoslovakia (19551990)
German Democratic Republic (19591990)
Soviet Union (19601990)
Finland (19591993)
Japan (19521972)
Federal Republic of Germany (19521971)
Sweden (19521971)
Netherlands (19531976)
Czechoslovakia (19551990)
German Democratic Republic (19591990)
Soviet Union (19601990)
Finland (19591993)
Japan (19521972)
Here is a more thorough look at countries that do and don't fluoridate:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoridation_by_country
Fluoridation is by no means universally accepted.
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Oh? The substitution of industrial-grade fluoride for pharmaceutical-grade is equivalent?
proverbialwisdom
Apr 2013
#43
Oh Noes! The purity of our precious bodily fluids will be compromised. The Russkies are
yellowcanine
Dec 2012
#5
Fluoride's poison.Do your research.You've been duped so they can dump their crap in your drinking wa
judesedit
Dec 2012
#8
water fluoridation is an inefficient mechanism for delivering fluoride to children's teeth
waddirum
Dec 2012
#12
I currently am residing in one of those countries that stopped fluoridating their water.
Quantess
Dec 2012
#27