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Sex-Specific Neurotoxic Effects of Early-Life Exposure to Fluoride: a Review of the Epidemiologic and Animal Literature.
References Papers of particular interest, published recently, have been highlighted as: • Of importance •• Of major importance U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Federal Panel on Community Water Fluoridation. U.S. public health service recommendation for fluoride concentration in drinking water for the prevention of dental caries. Public Health Rep. 2015;130(1):1–14 Available from: http://www.publichealthreports.org/fluorideguidelines.cfm. […]
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Federal Trial Update: New Supplement To Our TSCA Petition Submitted To Court
As you might recall, the Court requested on the last day of the trial that we submit a new Petition to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to allow them the opportunity to respond to our original 2016 Petition in regards to the new studies that were published between 2017-2020. The Court also requested that we […]
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A Growing Chorus of Experts Warning About Fluoridation
Since the start of fluoridation in the 1950’s, many independent scientists have voiced their reservations about the safety of dosing everyone in a community with fluoride. This early opposition culminated in an official statement from the US Environmental Protection Agencies employees’ union, representing approximately 1500 scientists, lawyers, and engineers in Washington, D.C. calling for a […]
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Associations between Urinary, Dietary, and Water Fluoride Concentrations among Children in Mexico and Canada.
References Marinho, V.C.C. Cochrane reviews of randomized trials of fluoride therapies for preventing dental caries. Eur. Arch. Paediatr. Dent. 2009, 10, 183–191. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef] [PubMed] Public Health Capacity and Knowledge Management Unit, Quebec Region for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer of Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada. The State of Community Water […]
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NZ: Letter. Ignorant or timid? By Connett and Howard
Any scientist or educator who has followed the science of fluoride’s toxicity, especially its potential to damage the developing brain must be stunned to hear that the New Zealand government is set to introduce mandatory water fluoridation into the whole country. Either New Zealand scientists and educators have not kept up with the science or […]
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Predictors of Plasma Fluoride Concentrations in Children and Adolescents.
Funding This research was funded by NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, grant numbers K23ES024803 and R01ES030101 and the Maine Economic Improvement Fund. Conflicts of Interest The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the […]
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The Lack of Professionalism by Researchers and the Editors at the journal “Pediatrics”
The Lack of Professionalism by Researchers and the Editors at the journal Pediatrics. By Ellen Connett December 22, 2020 It is well known that the dental profession has been largely trapped by the paradigm of the “safety and effectiveness” of water fluoridation – and has been since the practice was first endorsed by the US […]
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Dose dependence of prenatal fluoride exposure associations with cognitive performance at school age in three prospective studies.
Fluoride exposure from the Odense Child Cohort (OCC) While the addition of fluoride to drinking water is not legal in Denmark, elevated fluoride concentrations up to 1.5 mg/l naturally occur in groundwater in parts of the country,13 and some types of tea, especially black tea, constitute an additional source of exposure.14 In Odense municipality, the […]
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It Is Time for New Hampshire To Stop Adding Fluoride to Public Drinking Water
Municipal water fluoridation is a form of forced medicating by majority rule. If 51% of a community votes in favor of water fluoridation, the minority who don’t want fluoridated water have any choice but to purchase expensive filtration systems to remove fluoride, travel to collect spring water, or purchase unfluoridated bottled water. We want to […]
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The Effects of Fluoride in Drinking Water.
Abstract Water fluoridation is a common but debated public policy. In this paper, we use Swedish registry data to study the causal effects of fluoride in drinking water. We exploit exogenous variation in natural fluoride stemming from variation in geological characteristics at water sources to identify its effects. First, we reconfirm the long-established positive effect […]