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Decision to Publish Study on Maternal Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy By Dimitri A. Christakis, MD, MPH This decision to publish this article was not easy. Given the nature of the findings and their potential implications, we subjected it to additional scrutiny for its methods and the presentation of its findings. The mission of the journal […]

Could Fluoride Be Bad for Baby During Pregnancy? By Dennis Thompson,  HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Aug. 19, 2019 (HealthDay News) — Fluoride exposure from drinking water during pregnancy could be making children less intelligent, a new Canadian study argues. Expectant moms with higher levels of fluoride in their urine tended to have kids with lower average […]

Study linking mother’s fluoride exposure to lower IQ scores in kids raises questions By Ken Alltucker Young children whose mothers consumed higher levels of fluoride while pregnant scored slightly lower on IQ scores than their peers, according to a new study. The study, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, used two measures to evaluate the amount of fluoride that […]

Higher fluoride levels during pregnancy may be linked with lower IQ scores in kids: study By Jackie Dunham Children whose mothers were exposed to higher levels of fluoride in their tap water during pregnancy scored lower on IQ tests than those with mothers who had less exposure while pregnant, according to a new study. In […]

Fluoride: Can it harm your unborn baby? By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, BabyCenter News & Analysis SECOND SUMMARY Drinking fluoridated water during pregnancy doesn’t pose an immediate health risk to your baby. But a recent study suggests that the children of pregnant women who had ingested fluoridated water during their pregnancies had lower mental functions. The study […]

No, Fluoride Doesn’t Lower IQ. It Fails to Satisfy Hill’s Criteria of Causality By Alex Berezow Because Americans have a conspiracy theory about everything, of course there’s a conspiracy involving drinking water. Didn’t you know that fluoride, which is added to our drinking water to keep our teeth healthy (and is considered one of the […]

No, Fluoride Doesn’t Lower IQ. It Fails to Satisfy Hill’s Criteria of Causality By Alex Berezow Because Americans have a conspiracy theory about everything, of course there’s a conspiracy involving drinking water. Didn’t you know that fluoride, which is added to our drinking water to keep our teeth healthy (and is considered one of the […]

Discussion with JAMA Pediatrics Editors’ Dimitri Christakis, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief, and Frederick Rivara, MD, MPH, Editor in Chief of JAMA Network Open, for the August 19, 2019 issue Association Between Maternal Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy and IQ Scores in Offspring in Canada Multimedia Audio Summary 12 min 41 sec Download MP3 Subscribe to […]

Pregnant women who drink fluoride-treated water may have children with lower IQs – but only if they give birth to boys, new study suggests By Mary Kekatos, Health Reporter Researchers measured fluoride samples found in a mother’s urine and conducted IQ tests in children between the ages of 3 and 4 For every increase of […]

AAP continues to recommend fluoride following new study on maternal intake and child IQ By Melissa Jenco, News Content Editor The Academy continues to recommend children drink fluoridated tap water despite a new study linking fluoride intake among pregnant women with a small dip in their children’s IQ. “There are thousands of articles pointing to […]