I'm fortunate enough to have been raised in a town without fluoridation. When I was younger and learned about all this, I used to try to convince people that fluoride was toxic and explain to them that in many municipalities drinking a single 8 ounce glass of water gives you as much fluoride as eating a centimeter squeeze of fluoride toothpaste. So I would tell them, I imagine eating the amount of toothpaste that you use to brush your teeth every time you have a small glass of water.

I gave up on that years ago because almost everybody I talked to about it, even close friends, acted like I was trying to sell them a bridge to outer space. Even when I showed people the studies on IQ, they were only concerned with the fact that the study involved large doses. The brain damage was not caused by nutritional displacement, so any doses can cause brain damage. You just don't see 3 to 4 points of brain damage in a short period of time. Even if it was just a single point of IQ lost over 15 years, that might be the difference between working as a gas station attendant or having your own successful business.

Everything the TV says is safe the common people consume.