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A controversial study suggests drinking fluoridated water during pregnancy is linked to lower childhood IQs By Julia Naftulin Fluoride has become almost synonymous with U.S. public water supplies since the mineral is in an estimated 74.4% of peoples’ drinking water. A new study suggests when pregnant women consume fluoridated drinking water, it could decrease their […]

Is Fluoride Safe During Pregnancy? New Study Raises Questions & Stirs Debate By Morgan Brinlee Currently, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recognizes community water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. But is fluoride safe to consume during pregnancy? A controversial new study has […]

Fluoride consumption during pregnancy may lower children’s IQ, study suggests By Fiza Pirani New and controversial research published Monday suggests fluoride consumption by pregnant women may lower the IQ of their children. The JAMA Pediatrics study by Canadian researchers found that pregnant women who drank more fluoridated water had children with lower intelligence scores at ages […]

Fluoride And IQ? What Is The Link, What This Study Says By Bruce Y. Lee, Senior Contributor Many communities have long put fluoride in drinking water to prevent tooth decay. But if you Google “fluoride makes you dumb,” you’ll get plenty of sites advancing unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about how the government is putting fluoride in […]

U.S. experts push back against Canadian study on effects of fluoride in water This is a reprint of the Washington Post article by Ben Guarino Note from Fluoride Action Network Two Canadian newspapers, the Ottawa Post and the National Post, reprinted the U.S. Washington Post article on this important IQ study performed in Canada! Of […]

Doherty: Medical Study Shows Consuming Fluoridated Water During Pregnancy Causes Low IQ in Children In response to a new medical study indicating that fluoride consumed by expecting mothers may lower their children’s IQ, [New Jersey State] Senator Michael Doherty warned of the dangers of exposing pregnant women to fluoride, which is often found in drinking […]

U.S. experts push back against Canadian study on effects of fluoride in water This is a reprint of the Washington Post article by Ben Guarino. Note from Fluoride Action Network Two Canadian newspapers, the Ottawa Post and the National Post, reprinted the U.S. Washington Post article on this important IQ study performed in Canada. Of […]

Study of fluoride during pregnancy and children’s IQ raises questions but draws criticism By Olivia Willis, Health Reporter A new study links fluoride consumption during pregnancy to lower IQ in children, but experts are saying it’s not time to rush out and filter your H2O just yet. Key points Study hints at an association between […]

Note from the Fluoride Action Network The following analysis is by Bazian, a consulting group in the UK. FAN first heard of this group during their defense of water fluoridation for Southampton in 2009. They were contracted by the South Central Strategic Health Authority (SHA) to critique the US National Research Council (NRC) 2006 review […]

Damning JAMA Study Finds Link Between Fluoridated Water and Low IQ in Children By Matt Agorist The prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association has published a study linking fluoride ingestion by pregnant mothers with low IQ in their offspring. Despite the overwhelming mass of scientific literature and studies showing the harmful effects of ingesting […]