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High fluoride levels in pregnancy may lower offspring IQ
Drinking water and brushing our teeth are daily activities that we tend to do without thinking. But for expectant mothers, these seemingly harmless actions could have unintended consequences for offspring. A new study suggests that children exposed to high levels of fluoride in utero may be less intelligent than those exposed to lower levels. Principal investigator […]
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Port Angeles: Water fluoridation foes file complaint with state
PORT ANGELES — A complaint to the state Public Disclosure Commission by Sequim-based Protect the Peninsula’s Future challenges Clallam County Health and Human Services over its participation in creating an oral health brochure produced by the Arcora Foundation, formerly the Washington Dental Service Foundation. The environmental group claims the county agency and Arcora violated PDC […]
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Potsdam: Local dentists express support for water fluoridation
POTSDAM — The village’s proposal to end fluoridation has drawn criticism from local and non-local dentists. “The most vulnerable are the ones that benefit the most from fluoridation,” said Lee H. Akin, a surgeon at North Country Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Potsdam. He also serves as the president of the local dental society, which […]
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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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Study finds fluoride in water linked to IQ levels
A new study has found that high levels of fluoride in the water can affect IQ levels of children before they are even born. Researchers looked at nearly 500 sets of mothers and children in Mexico where fluoride is not added to public water supplies but naturally occurs. The study found a drop in scores […]
United States, Connecticut