Analysis of toddler "Market Basket" food collections indicates that an average two-year-old child living in cities with water supplies containing 0.37 to 1.04 ppm of fluoride has a daily fluoride intake of 0.315 to 0.610 mg/day (0.025 to 0.049 mg/kg body weight) from food, water, and beverages.
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