Low Prenatal Exposures to Fluoride: Are There Neurotoxic Risks for Children?
October 2017
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Environmental Health Perspectives
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Julia R. Barrett
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125(10): 104002.
As a trace element, fluoride can help ward off dental cavities. Exceptionally high pre- and postnatal exposures, as seen in populations whose drinking water supplies are contaminated by natural fluoride sources, have been implicated in a number of adverse health effects.1,2,3,4 However, less is known about fluoride’s neurotoxic risks at lower levels of exposure. A new study in Environmental Health Perspectives examines risks of exposure to prenatal fluoride at concentrations typical of the g