• ZeffSyde@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Another point that conspiracy bros will bring up is that fluoride is a toxic byproduct of aluminum manufacture and dumping it into the water supply is a cheap way for Alcoa to dispose of it benevolently.

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      17 hours ago

      The majority of fluoride that is released into our water supply is a by-product of fertilizer production.

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      1 day ago

      Honestly it really is sad, we have so many more uses for it

      Every atom of fluoride going into our water is another atom that can’t go into chlorine trifluoride production. Putting it into the water is a huge sacrifice we make for the health of society.

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        22 hours ago

        Real men make chlorine pentafluoride anyway. We have no use for pathetic hypergolic oxidisers with only three fluorine atoms.

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        1 day ago

        Weird. The only argument I heard, and successfully made it to policy in my area is that it costs tax money and takes away choice. All thus smart stuff is for those damn yankees.

        • bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net
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          54 minutes ago

          His joke is that fluoride can be used to make extremely dangerous substances

          From the wiki on the one he mentioned:

          This oxidizing power, surpassing that of oxygen, causes ClF3 to react vigorously with many other materials often thought of as incombustible and refractory. It ignites sand, asbestos, glass, and even ashes of substances that have already burned in oxygen.