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• Fluoride — A Little Bit at the Wrong Time Is Devastating

  CLICK HERE TO Read ORIGINAL ARTICLE Story at-a-glance Higher exposure to fluoride while in utero is associated with lower scores on tests of cognitive function in childhood Women with higher levels of fluoride in their urine during pregnancy were more likely to have children with lower intelligence Each 0.5 milligram per liter increase in pregnant […]

• Osaka University chemists unlock the potential of fluoroalkenes

  One of the strongest chemical bonds in organic chemistry is formed between carbon and fluorine, giving unique properties to chemical compounds featuring this group. Pharmaceutical researchers are very interested in carbon-fluorine bond containing molecules because of the way they mimic certain behaviors of biological compounds. However, the strength of the carbon-fluorine bond makes it difficult […]

• India

  Note: for the many news articles on fluoride and fluorosis in India click here. For health studies, click here Good overview: 2016 – Fluorosis, by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, National Health, India. 2022 – High levels of fluoride in groundwater from Northern parts of Indo-Gangetic plains reveals detrimental fluorosis health risks. By Nizam […]

• Letter: WHO: Urinalysis not suitable for predicting fluoride intake

  Letter writer Chris Knapp (“Fluoride linked to lower IQ in kids,” Oct. 7) referred to a recently released health study of modest size done in three hospitals in Mexico City — please note that the public water supply in Mexico City, like the rest of Mexico, is not fluoridated. It’s a study comparing fluoride levels […]

• Invest In An End to Fluoridation

  While writing this bulletin we heard the news that our court hearing in Federal Court yesterday went very well. More below. Meanwhile, it is here again. Dec 1. The first day of our annual fundraiser to keep the Fluoride Action Network running its national and international efforts to end the reckless practice of water fluoridation. […]

• Impact of fluoride on neurological development in children

  July 25, 2012 – For years health experts have been unable to agree on whether fluoride in the drinking water may be toxic to the developing human brain. Extremely high levels of fluoride are known to cause neurotoxicity in adults, and negative impacts on memory and learning have been reported in rodent studies, but little […]

• Choi & Grandjean: Statement on Fluoride Paper, September 11, 2012

  — When considering the risks and benefits of fluoride exposure, the level of intake needs to be considered. –Possible risks to brain development in children have been studied in China, but this possible hazard has not received much, if any, consideration in the U.S. –Our study summarized the findings of 27 studies on intelligence tests […]

• Most Americans drink fluoridated water. Is that a good thing?

  Research raises new questions about whether fluoridation’s benefits outweigh its risks. If you’re like many Americans, you drink fluoridated water without questioning its safety or efficacy. For decades municipalities have been adding fluoride to water supplies to reduce the incidence of tooth decay at the advice of numerous highly credentialed entities, including the World Health […]

• Do you want X in your drinking water?

  Suppose you heard these statements about a substance — let’s call it X — added to your drinking water: • A recent international study, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and led by scientists at the University of Toronto, linked higher X levels in pregnant women in Mexico to significant IQ losses in […]

• Beware of ‘tooth fairy science’ in dental research

  Excerpts:  Does periodontal disease in pregnant women lead to miscarriages? If mothers-to-be are exposed to fluoride, will their children have low IQs? Such findings are often the result of “tooth fairy science,” and dental professionals should be skeptical when reading this type of research, according to a talk at the recent ADA 2017 annual meeting […]