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  • With audio plays and drumstick plants, a radio station is battling fluorosis in Haryana’s Mewat

    Fluoride levels in 493 villages are exceptionally high. A new show called ‘Fluorosis Se Jung’ aims to help residents protect themselves from its effects. In August, Palak Ramesh showed no hesitation when the teacher at her government school in Haryana’s Khedli Khurd village asked her to spell out her name. But the next moment, when […]

  • Environmental and anthropogenic influences on ambient background concentrations of fluoride in soil

    Highlights • Mineralogy, precipitation and weathering influence background soil fluoride. • Geochemical regression tree models can predict background fluoride in soil. • Fluoride in subsurface soils exceeded recommended ecological risk thresholds. • Phosphate fertiliser indicated to be a potential source of added fluoride to soils. Abstract Excess exposure to fluoride causes substantive health burden in […]

  • Media: 3 major studies on urinary F levels published Oct 10, 2018

    Following the Media: On October 10, 2018, three significant studies—two of which were U.S. government funded (by the National Institutes of Heath and other U.S. agencies)– were published on urinary fluoride levels in the pregnant mother. Two studies linked the urinary fluoride levels in pregnant women to ADHD and thyroid problems in their offspring. A […]

  • NEW VIDEO: What Level of Fluoride is Safe for All?

    The third video in the Fluoride Action Network’s Fluoride Fundamentals series is now available.  The latest production features FAN’s Director, Paul Connett, PhD, discussing the importance of applying a regulatory margin of safety in an effort to protect whole populations from the harmful effects of toxic chemicals like fluoride. According to chapter 20 of Connett’s book, “The Case […]

  • Study shows potential effect of fluoride on thyroid function for some Canadians

    Canadian adults who have higher levels of fluoride exposure and are deficient in iodine may be at an increased risk of underactive thyroid, according to a new study. “Concern about exposure to fluoride disrupting thyroid function has been suggested in the past,” said Christine Till, the study’s senior author and associate professor at York University. […]

  • Reason to switch to fluoride-free toothpaste during pregnancy

    The findings of new research may make you want to switch to fluoride-free toothpaste while pregnant. Read on to find out why… A study of over 200 pregnant women and their children found that higher levels of urinary fluoride during pregnancy are associated with more ADHD-like symptoms in school-age children. “Our findings are consistent with […]

  • Fluoridation still controversial after 40 years

    GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — When Dr. Willard VerMeulen came here in 1924, this industrial city was filled with the penniless Dutch immigrants who turned out much of America’s furniture. As a dentist he had expected to see suffering, but even he was shocked by what he found. “Not one person in 10 had a mouth […]

  • Science says fluoride in water is good for kids. So why are these towns banning it?

    In the past five years, 74 cities have voted to remove fluoride from their drinking water, despite thousands of studies showing it prevents cavities. “Anti-fluoridationists” claim, without scientific evidence, that fluoride lowers IQ and causes everything from Alzheimer’s to cancer. Benedetto Cristofani / for NBC News It has been hailed by the Centers for Disease […]

  • Higher Levels of Fluoride Found To Be Linked With ADHD In Children

    There is overwhelming evidence that the prolonged ingestion of fluoride causes significant damage to health and particularly to the nervous system. According to University of Toronto and York University researchers, higher levels of fluoride during pregnancy have now been linked with more ADHD-like symptoms in school-age children. Fluoride can be toxic by ingesting one part […]

  • Maternal fluoride levels in pregnancy are related to cognitive problems of the child

    A woman’s higher fluoride levels during pregnancy are associated with some ADHD symptoms in school-aged children, according to researchers at the University of Toronto, York University and other universities. The study, published in the journal International Environment, analyzed data from 213 mother-child pairs in the city of Mexico. The monitoring started in 1994 and continued […]