Flouride in water and formula?

United States
January 8, 2011 10:20am CST
I recently visited a friend who gave birth. During my visit, I noticed that the water and formula she uses for her baby contain fluoride. I know fluoride is good for strengthening our tooth enamel but it is not meant for ingestion. That is why we spit toothpaste and not swallow it. What do you think about this? Anyone here with a baby, can you check what's in your baby's formula?
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@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
8 Jan 11
Many things contain chemicals which contain fluorine. The compound which is often put into our water supply and toothpaste is sodium fluoride, though in the US, hexafluorosilicic acid and the salt sodium hexafluorosilicate are more often used. Sodium fluoride is an effective poison for rats and cockroaches and it was first used as a water additive in Germany during World War II. The Nazis were not interested in improving the health of people's teeth but were interested in making certain sectors of the population more docile. There are compounds of fluorine which are necessary - and safe - for ingestion. You should check the contents of the formula to see if it contains calcium-fluoro-phosphate. That is a natural product and is quite different from sodium fluoride.
• United States
8 Jan 11
I remember it was sodium fluoride. I did not pay attention to any other details though because I did not want to scare my friend. Her husband is a nurse and told me that there's nothing wrong with fluoride so I did not say anything else.