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Some have already voted to remove fluoride from public water supplies.
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
In this kind of reactor, thorium fluoride dissolves in molten salt in the reactor’s core.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
It's spiked with enamel-strengthening fluoride, which helps prevent pesky cavities from forming.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 27 Dec. 2024
Some studies also suggest that fluoride minimizes the amount of acid that bacteria make.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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Erika Edwards, NBC News, 6 Jan. 2025
In this kind of reactor, thorium fluoride dissolves in molten salt in the reactor’s core.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2024
It's spiked with enamel-strengthening fluoride, which helps prevent pesky cavities from forming.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 27 Dec. 2024
Some studies also suggest that fluoride minimizes the amount of acid that bacteria make.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluoride. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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fluoride
noun
flu·o·ride
ˈflu̇(-ə)r-ˌīd 
1
: a compound of fluorine with a more electropositive element or radical
2
: the monovalent anion of fluorine
fluoride
adjective
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