Study Tracker

Addressing Critiques of the Evidence Linking Fluoride and Children’s IQ.

December 12, 2025 | Annals of Global Health | Taylor KW, Eftim SE, Sibrizzi CA, Blain RB, Magnuson K, Hartman PA, Bucher JR, Rooney AA. | 91(1):83, 1– 8.

Short-chain fatty acids alleviated fluoride-induced neuroinflammation via the gut-brain axis in rats.

December 12, 2025. Online ahead of print issuee. | Environmental Pollution | Zhao WP, Zhu SQ, Yin ZH, Ommati MM, Zhang YW, Zhao J, Zhou BH, Wang HW. | 390-127503. Online ahead of print issue.

Fluoride distribution in volcanic rocks of the Aluto volcano complex, Main Ethiopian Rift.

December 12, 2025 | Journal of African Earth Sciences | Virchow L, Wilke F, Yirgu G, Neumann T, Regenspurg S. | 234-105946. Online ahead of print issue.

Fluoride triggers lysis in Streptococcus mutans by inhibition of the Clp protease complex, leading to an unabated competence cascade.

December 11, 2025 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) | Banerjee A, Pickelner S, Smith F, Tenuta LMA, Stockbridge RB. | 122(50):e2511884122.

Fluoride failure: From Sandy City’s water system incident to statewide ban and beyond.

December 4, 2025 | Case Studies in Chemical and Environmental Engineering | Robert B. Sowby | 13:101304. Online ahead of 2026 print issue.

The history of water fluoridation in Scotland.

November 27, 2025 | Community Dental Health | Jones CM, Al Rasheed A. |

Impact of fluoride on antioxidant activity and mitochondrial homeostasis in fetal rat kidney.

November 22, 2025 | Toxicology | Avila-Rojas SH, Montañez-Rodriguez E, Pantaleón-Gómez AK, Tostado-Fernández IA, Pedraza-Chaverri J, Gerarduzzi C, Medina-Campos ON, Marquina-Castillo B, León-Contreras JC, Hernández-Pando R, Barbier OC. | 520:154342. Online ahead of print.

Characterization of fluorine pollution and evaluation of multi-media environmental health risk in Daihai watershed: Based on coupled uncertainty-sensitivity modeling.

November 21, 2025 | Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | Sun J, Lu J, Liu Y, Liu T, Mi J, Li Z, Wang X. | 307:119437.

Is Fluoride the Culprit? Revisiting Evidence on Environmental Origins of Chronic Kidney Disease of Uncertain Etiology (CKDu): A Narrative Review.

November 9, 2020 | Toxics | Gunasekara TDKSC, De Silva PMCS, Wijesundara WMPA, Chaminda GGT, Herath C, Siribaddana S, Bravo MA, Jayasundara N. | 13(11):966.

Urinary fluoride and dental fluorosis in relation to kidney and liver function in adolescents and young adults in the United States.

October 31, 2025 | Environmental Health | Khan D, Mattia A, Wang Z, Malin AJ. | 24:85.