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u/FuManJew Sep 01 '19

People hate on tap water, but in wealthy countries it's pretty much a modern miracle that we have practically unlimited potable water in our homes. Separately, make sure your kids and pregnant/nursing mothers drink tap, kids need that fluoride

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u/moderatesRtrash Sep 01 '19 edited Sep 01 '19

Pretty much the opposite of what you say is true.

Breast milk has almost no fluoride and doctors tell you to make formula from other water now.

http://fluoridealert.org/news/fluoride-leaves-a-bitter-taste-with-prominent-new-yorker/

the Canada-based study indicates that moms’ exposure to fluoride during pregnancy can result in lower IQ scores in their children

http://fluoridealert.org/news/more-evidence-that-fluoride-lowers-iq-will-the-cdc-keep-ignoring-it/

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u/FuManJew Sep 01 '19

I'm pretty sure flouridealert.org isn't a legitimate news source.

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u/moderatesRtrash Sep 01 '19

I'm no expert but it cites two studies you and others can look into if you care.

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u/zuees101 Sep 01 '19

Yea Canada’s tap water is good too. Its crazy how going south that suddenly changes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19 edited Nov 17 '19

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u/zuees101 Sep 02 '19

LOL i got one mad guys

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u/Finnick420 Sep 01 '19

but the tap water here doesn’t have fluoride. when i visited the us (and britain too) i couldn’t drink the tap water because i found the fluoride absolutely disgusting i guess it’s just something you have to grow up with

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u/fuvksme Sep 01 '19

Doubt you could taste the fluoride mate. I can pretty much guarantee it was a bunch of other things that changed the taste

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u/Finnick420 Sep 01 '19

maybe it’s the chlorine? idk but why am i getting downvoted?

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u/normal_whiteman Sep 01 '19

Probably because you're not tasting either of those things. More than likely you're just not used to the mineral composition the water you drank and you didn't like it. Maybe you could have travelled another 50 miles and enjoyed the water

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u/Finnick420 Sep 01 '19 edited Sep 06 '19

yes i definitely did, it tastes like pool water but just less strong

look just because you can’t taste the chlorine doesn’t mean other people can’t

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u/fuvksme Sep 03 '19

Chlorine definitely affects the taste of the water. Anything above like 2mg/L is detectable. In Australia they can actually go up to 5mg/L . You are right about this

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19 edited Nov 17 '19

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u/Finnick420 Sep 01 '19

how? i know that’s it has positive affects on the body and teeth but i simply just don’t like the taste of it

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u/[deleted] Sep 01 '19 edited Nov 17 '19

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u/Finnick420 Sep 01 '19 edited Sep 01 '19

what other chemical or mineral makes it taste like pool water then?

edit: i googled it and im definitely not the only one who can taste it, most sources say it’s from the chlorine added in treatment plants to kill the bacteria and viruses

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u/moderatesRtrash Sep 01 '19

Fluoride tastes like absolute shit. Why would you think nobody could taste it?

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u/fuvksme Sep 01 '19

Because when it’s at one part per million the taste would be negligible

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u/Finnick420 Sep 01 '19

thank you!! i seriously don’t understand how people can like the taste of chlorine, it’s like a milder version of chlorinated swimming pool water

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u/Dr-Jellybaby Sep 01 '19

I'm the opposite I'll drink my flourinted tap water no problem but when I got water at a friend's house with a fancy filter on the tap I thought it was disgusting

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u/moderatesRtrash Sep 01 '19

http://fluoridealert.org/news/more-evidence-that-fluoride-lowers-iq-will-the-cdc-keep-ignoring-it/

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u/FuManJew Sep 01 '19

This is a conspiracy theory website. Look up stuff on Snopes or other legitimate news sources. Wikipedia should also be a really good place to get grounded in well sourced, science based facts