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Fluoride sources are many:

Absent from labels, fluoride is in virtually all foods and beverages, including, soda, baby foods and all infant formulas, It’s high in tea (up to 6 mg/L) and ocean fish. Grape products (raisins, juice, wine, jellies, jams) because of fluoride-containing pesticide residues. EPA allows extremely high amounts of fluoride pesticide residues on foods See "Fluoride tolerances approved b US EPA as of July 15, 2005"

Fluoride is even in chocolate and french fries.

Foods made with mechanically separated (boned) chicken, such as canned meats, hot dogs, and infant foods, also add fluoride to the diet (J Agric Food Chem Sept 2001) "A single serving of chicken sticks alone would provide about half of a child's upper limit of safety for fluoride," the researchers report.

Fluoride ingested daily from toothpaste ranges from 1/4 to 1/3 milligram (National Institutes of Health) “Gels used by dentists are typically applied one to four times a year and can lead to ingestions of 1.3 to 31.2 mg fluoride each time.”

Fluoride is in 20% of medicines, food packaging and inhaled from air pollution

Other sources come from feed regimens of animal products, animal products; food storage containers (Teflon-coated containers); and food packaging (migration of perfluorochemicals into food).

The Kumar study you cite has many limitations and alternate explanations - one, of which, isn't mentioned - that Medicaid fraud is rampant in New York State.

Kumar writes " one should be cautious in attributing this geographic variation solely to water fluoridation. Furthermore, the availability of fluoride in beverages and fluoride provided through organized programs, which distribute tablets and rinses in non-fluoridated communities, may underestimate [over over-estimate] the effect of fluoridation. A survey of third-grade children in less fluoridated communities in NYS showed that reportedly 20% to 80% of children had received fluoride tablets on a regular basis.34 About 100,000 school-aged children in non-fluoridated areas are targeted for participation in a weekly fluoride rinse program. In addition, toothpaste and processed beverages are the other sources of fluoride. Programs such as school-based sealant programs are also available in these areas."

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2925000/

The second link to a Calgary study concludes that tooth decay rates in Calgary, Alberta, have increased because of the city's decision to scrap its fluoridation program. But the study omits data showing that the spike in decay mostly occurred when fluoride was still in the water and used methods that a leading scientist says do "not provide a valid assessment," https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/calgary-fluoride-st...

The Juneay Study is more hype than evidence https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/juneau-fluoridation...

70th human study links fluoride to neurological damage https://fluoridedangers.blogspot.com/2021/09/70th-human-stud...

Prominent scientists proclaim “It is time to protect kids’ developing brains from fluoride” https://www.ehn.org/fluoride-and-childrens-health-2648120286...

Fluoridation Fails New York City https://fluoridenews.blogspot.com/search?q=New+York+City

A 2012 book by Kozol regarding poor children in the South Bronix (fluoridated since 1965) reports ""Many of the children who attend these schools also suffer the emotional and physical attrition that results from chronic illnesses like asthma and anxiety, as well as the steady and low-level misery of rotting teeth, infected gums, and festering, untreated sores. " https://thirdworldtraveler.com/Third_World_US/AmazingGrace_K...

Based on NYS Department of health data researchers found " For every age/race group, there was a consistently significant association of SiF [silicofluoridated] treated community water and elevated blood lead" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11233755/

Politic$, not science, supports fluoridation