Eli5, why would you add fluoride to water for babies? & why is it or is it not potentially dangerous for infants under 1?

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Hello friends, looking for facts about adding fluoride for babies. Is it it dangerous? And if so why?

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Dose makes the poison. Our bodies can flush out a small amount of fluoride with no harm, and it reinforces our teeth on top of being antimicrobial.

Similarly a lot of water sources have chlorine added to it as an antimicrobial, which is also a nasty poison in a high enough dose, but its in such a small concentration we don’t even notice.