Today fluoride has been added to the drinking water of over 200 million people in the United States, and since the early 1950s, fluoride has been commonly added to toothpaste. The benefits of this approach remain debated, for fluoride can also be associated with toxicity, leading to discoloration of teeth and possibly other side effects.97 Cleave and others such as Phillipe Hujoel from the University of Washington have noted a yet another negative consequence, for it has masked the tell-tale sign that sugar intake is increasing.92,95 In so doing, fluoride use may have effectively removed this
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