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ADA Untroubled By Yet Another Study Pointing To Fluoride’s Negative Health Impacts
For decades, many groups have fought against the inclusion of fluoride in publicly supplied water, arguing that the risks of mass fluoride consumption outweigh the purported benefits. Now, a new study published in Environmental Health Perspectives has added to the scientific literature that suggests that fluoride negatively impacts human intelligence, especially in children and infants. […]
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New Study Confirms Fluoride Harms Fetal Brain; Lowers IQ
The results of the first ever U.S. government funded study of fluoride and IQ have just been published. A team of researchers found a statistically significant association between fluoride exposure in women during pregnancy and a lowering of IQ in their children, reports the Fluoride Action Network. The study was published in Environmental Health Perspectives […]
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Suit Over Rejected Fluoride Petition Could Test EPA’s Stance On TSCA ‘Uses’
EPA is poised to respond to environmentalists’ suit challenging the agency’s rejection of their petition seeking to ban the practice of fluoridating water under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), but the case could test EPA’s stance on which chemical uses it must consider in its risk analyses as it has taken a different position […]
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1,741 districts violated drinking water rules in 2016. Did you drink their water?
Public drinking water systems in California violated state and federal regulations more than 4,700 times in 2016. This database contains every violation from that year. Most of the violations occurred at small systems serving fewer than 300 people, but you might consume their water even if the district doesn’t serve your home. Many of the […]
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Fluoride exposure in utero linked to lower IQ in kids, study says
Increased levels of prenatal fluoride exposure may be associated with lower cognitive function in children, a new study says. The study, published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, evaluated nearly 300 sets of mothers and children in Mexico and tested the children twice for cognitive development over the course of 12 years. Fluoride is […]
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NIH Supported Journal Publishes Landmark Study Linking Fluoride to Low IQ
Increased levels of prenatal fluoride exposure have been linked to lower intelligence in children, according to the results of a new study. In the eye-opening new peer-reviewed study, published on September 19, 2017, in the Journal of Environmental Health Perspectives, researchers found strong evidence of a link between fluoride and lower cognitive function in children. […]
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Bega Valley: Fluoride deferral applauded as new reports presented to council
There were cheers and applause in council chambers on Wednesday as councillors agreed to defer the vote on whether to fluoridate Bega Valley Shire water supplies. The motion to defer followed three passionate presentations supported by community members in the gallery and included information on fluoride use in other countries. Rob Slazenger, of Bermagui provided […]
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Water authority to seek OK to add fluoridation equipment as soon as next week
As early as next week, Meadville Area Water Authority will seek official approval to add fluoridation equipment, according to Tom Thompson of Gannett Fleming, MAWA’s consulting engineer. “That’s what our goal is,” Thompson said following Wednesday’s MAWA board meeting. The equipment design for fluoridation has been completed, Thompson told the board. Although the board voted […]
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Petersburg: Citizens weigh in on water fluoridation
Registered voters in Petersburg will be asked if the city should keep fluoride in its city water supply, and citizens are ratcheting up their stance on the issue from both sides. Sandy Volk, a dental hygienist, regrets not giving her kids more fluoride vitamins when they were young. Living near Papke’s Landing, Volk’s household didn’t […]
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Researchers urge caution over study linking fluoride exposure in pregnancy to lower IQs in children
nti-fluoridation activists call it ‘the biggest moment in the history of this whole debate.’ It’s the response health policy experts — and some of the authors themselves — feared Already there are people who claim fluoridated water is doing bad things to us. Now comes a new study suggesting a link between fluoride exposure in […]
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