“Anything that relates to water quality, removing contaminants, things like that, we’re not touching that,” Tuck [the bill sponsor] said. “It’s anything that has to do with health. So fluoride, vitamins, whatever else it is.

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    15 days ago

    being a byproduct is a neat fact, but doesn’t tell you that its harmful

    I also would need a source for that. Yes, uranium hexafluoride is a compound used in nuclear enrichment, but conflating any compound with fluorine to the ones used in toothpaste is disingenuous. You might as well just say hydrofluoric acid is dangerous.

    That said, even if it were a fission byproduct, (it isn’t), or a byproduct of fusion (also isn’t), there are plenty of completely inert products like ordinary silver.