• @nBodyProblem
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    82 months ago

    Honestly it really is sad, we have so many more uses for it

    Every atom of fluoride going into our water is another atom that can’t go into chlorine trifluoride production. Putting it into the water is a huge sacrifice we make for the health of society.

    • AnyOldName3
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      42 months ago

      Real men make chlorine pentafluoride anyway. We have no use for pathetic hypergolic oxidisers with only three fluorine atoms.

    • @multifariace
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      22 months ago

      Weird. The only argument I heard, and successfully made it to policy in my area is that it costs tax money and takes away choice. All thus smart stuff is for those damn yankees.

      • @Dultas
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        12 months ago

        They have a choice, they can drink bottled water or well water.

      • @[email protected]
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        12 months ago

        His joke is that fluoride can be used to make extremely dangerous substances

        From the wiki on the one he mentioned:

        This oxidizing power, surpassing that of oxygen, causes ClF3 to react vigorously with many other materials often thought of as incombustible and refractory. It ignites sand, asbestos, glass, and even ashes of substances that have already burned in oxygen.