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by geggam 2491 days ago
I am not a scientist and anyone who is should feel free but from what I have read flouride is a bioaccumlator.

At what point does it become dangerous to continue to drink water ?

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> At what point does it become dangerous to continue to drink water ?

According to this page [0], the LD50 of water is 6 liters, so somewhere before that.

[0] https://www.compoundchem.com/2014/07/27/lethaldoses/

> I have read flouride is a bioaccumlator

Well, that's something I never heard about, and contradicts even basic high-school chemistry.

Where did you read it?

various places on the net.. some sites are crackpot but others seem ok... I will let you decide which category this falls in

https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/phs/phs.asp?id=210&tid=38

There is nothing about bioaccumulation there.

Fluoride is one of those ions that diffuse thought and out of our bodies almost like there is no barrier anywhere.

Animals that eat fluoride-containing plants may accumulate fluoride. However, the fluoride accumulates primarily in the bones or shell rather than in edible meat.
Drowning is a strong contraindicator.

There is also water intoxication, which can be deadly.

From flouride was assumed... humor noted ;)