Tag: NRC Report

The Fluoride Action Network provided the NRC panel extensive information throughout the course of the panel’s three-year review. FAN’s Executive Director, Dr. Paul Connett, was invited to give a presentation at the NRC’s first public hearing in August 2003 and FAN submitted numerous materials to the committee. It was FAN, for example, that provided the […]

The following are quotes from 4 of the 12 scientists who wrote the NRC report, including the Panel Chair, Dr. John Doull: “What the committee found is that we’ve gone with the status quo regarding fluoride for many years—for too long, really—and now we need to take a fresh look. In the scientific community, people […]

One of the conclusions to be drawn from the NRC’s 400+ page report is that a staggering number of fundamental questions still exist about fluoride’s safety, including its effects on the brain, thyroid, and glucose metabolism, and how these effects might differ based on the health status of the individual and the presence or absence of […]

The National Research Council’s report concluded that EPA’s safe drinking water standard (4 ppm) for fluoride is unsafe and “should be lowered.” The NRC based this conclusion on its finding that EPA’s 4 ppm standard places a person at increased risk for both tooth damage (severe dental fluorosis) and bone damage (bone fracture). While most of the press coverage of the NRC report focused […]

The NRC panel was tasked with determining the adequacy of EPA’s Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) for fluoride (4 ppm) and not with examining the risks and benefits of water fluoridation. With water fluoridation, fluoride is added to water at about 1 ppm in an attempt to reduce tooth decay. Because the level of fluoride added […]

Fluoride foes get validation – Portland Tribune, March 24 Warning Sounded On Fluoride – Chemical & Engineering News, March 23 Government Panel Raises Concern About Fluoride – Wall Street Journal, March 23 Report Confirms EPA Union’s 20-year-old Concerns – EPA Headquarters Union, March 23 Report raises flag on fluoride – USA Today, March 23 Report: Children at Risk From High […]

SUMMARY On March 22, 2006, the prestigious National Research Council of the National Academies of Science released a 450-page review of fluoride toxicity. The report, which was three years in the making, concluded that the safe drinking water standard for fluoride (4 ppm) causes significant damage to teeth, and places consumers at elevated risk for […]