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. 2017 Jun 21;2017:5120504. doi: 10.1155/2017/5120504

Table 3.

Summary of fluoride intake per mug for 18 black tea bag commodities.

Mugs per day Volume
(mls/day)
Tea infusions made with nonfluoridated water (0.00 mg/L)
Total F intake
Tea infusions made with fluoridated water (0.70 mg/L)
Total F intake
Tea infusions made with fluoridated water (1.0 mg/L)
Total F intake
Max
mg/day
Min
mg/day
Max
mg/day
Min
mg/day
Max
mg/day
Min
mg/day
1 350 1.1 0.1 1.4 0.3 1.5 0.4
2 700 2.2 0.3 2.7 0.6 2.9 0.8
3 1050 3.0 0.4 4.1 0.9 4.4 1.3
4 1400 4.5 0.6 5.5 1.3 5.9 1.7
6 2100 6.7 0.8 8.2 1.9 8.8 2.5
8 2800 9.0 1.1 10.9 2.5 11.8 3.4
10 3500 11.2 1.4 13.7 3.2 14.7 4.2

In the 28 member countries of the EU, the UL for a healthy adult male or female is 7.0 mg/day [123]. In the USA, the UL is 10.0 mg per day [122].