Back in the 50s and 60s, The John Birch Society, an early version of Tea Party and Qanon railed against fluoridation of public water supply. They thought leftists, commie symps the called them, were poisoning our water supply with mind control drugs to allow the Russians to take over our country. Now we find fluoride IS bad and the Russians do control us. So should I not use Florida toothpaste? What's the deal?

Grew up in the country with well water so my mom thought it would be a bright idea to give us kids flouride tablets. As my teeth fell out as a kid they didn't come out in one piece, they would shatter and come out in pieces. Not sure it's related at all but my brother didn't start the tablets until he was in middle school and never had the problem like I did. No one else in my familiy did this.

I think this may be a pseudoscientific article pushing an agenda. Fluoride is naturally occurring and it's in much of the drinking water around the world without needing to be added artificially, and it was observed long ago that people living in areas with significant fluoride in their water supply enjoyed lower incidence of tooth decay. Fluoride is also present in soil, and is produced naturally in the human body. The article refers to fluoride as toxic, but it's generally safe at levels found in drinking water. The dose determines toxicity, and drinking water levels are usually within a safe range. The risk of toxicity comes primarily from abnormally high levels in ground water, but the low dose added to municipal drinking water are far below such levels. I wouldn't put much stock in this article.