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Dental fluorosis out of control – Media is missing the elephant in the room
NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — When fluoridation began in 1945, promoters believed that the trade-off for reducing tooth decay would be 10% dental fluorosis, but by 1986-7 the prevalence had jumped to 23% and then by 2004 to 41% (Beltrán-Aguila et al, 2010) now it stands at a whopping 65% (Neurath, 2019, in press), […]
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World expert on lead now warns of fluoride’s neurotoxicity
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — A major review article in the journal Pediatric Medicine by Dr. David Bellinger includes fluoride in a list of chemicals known or suspected to interfere with the neurodevelopment of children, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Bellinger, recognized as one the leading experts in the world on the neurotoxicity […]
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Juneau fluoridation study: more hype than evidence
Juneau, Alaska, stopped adding fluoride to drinking water in 2007. In December 2018, a study by Meyer blamed this fact for increased dental decay in the city, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Paul Connett, PhD, FAN executive director, described the Meyer study as “a very poorly controlled and unblinded study that can neither rule out or […]
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The Children’s Health Defense Team: Fluoridation Must End
NEW YORK, Jan. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On January 9, 2019, a new and influential organization joined the call for an end to water fluoridation. The Children’s Health Defense Team headed by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. published “US Water Fluoridation: A Forced Experiment that Needs to End,” reports the Fluoride Action Network. The Children’s Health Defense, Inc. […]
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Why is US Failing To Inform Pregnant Women to Limit Fluoride Ingestion
NEW YORK, July 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A recent government-funded study (Bashash et al. 2017) corroborates hundreds of previously published studies showing fluoride damages the brain. These shocking findings cannot be dismissed as “just one study” because they provide compelling evidence that pregnant women’s fluoride intake is linked to lower IQ in their offspring at […]
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No Room in the Womb for Fluoride
Today, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) launched its Moms2B Avoid Fluoride campaign to alert pregnant women that consuming fluoride, especially from fluoridated water, can potentially harm the developing brain of their unborn child, according to newly published research. In 2017 and 2018, two “mother-child” studies on the cognitive effect of fluoride on the human fetus […]
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New Study: Fluoride Endangers Babies IQ
Pregnant women’s fluoride exposure is linked to lower IQ in their children at one- to three-years-old, according to a study published in Occupational & Environmental Medicine (2018), and at levels commonly found in U.S. women, reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Researchers, Thomas et al., found that, for every increase of 1 milligram per liter of […]
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Has Fluoridation Damaged Children’s Teeth?
Children are fluoride overdosed, from all sources, at levels once thought to protect against dental fluorosis (discolored teeth), researchers report in the Journal of Public Health Dentistry, (December 2017), reports the Fluoride Action Network (FAN). Fluoride intake to prevent dental fluorosis was set in the 1930s and 40s when naturally fluoridated water was the predominant source, […]
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Report reveals flaws in Calgary study that claimed fluoridation cessation increased tooth decay. It didn’t.
A commentary in yesterday’s Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology reveals tooth decay rates did not increase faster after fluoridation stopped in Calgary as claimed in a previously published study (McLaren, et al 2016). Chris Neurath led the team that reports McLaren’s study is scientifically inaccurate, uses incomplete data, and relies on two populations that are […]
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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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