What is Fluoride?
Fluoride is touted as “natural” and indeed it is, and there are some areas where a high level of naturally occurring fluoride is found in the water supply. However, most of what gets added to commercial water supplies and toothpaste is a byproduct of industrial production or created in a lab; this same fluoride is also sold for use in wood preservatives, metal coatings, and insecticides, among other uses. If this doesn’t sound cool to you either, check out this homemade fluoride-free toothpaste.