NTP Finds No Safe Level of Fluoride in Drinking Water

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National Toxicology Program Finds No Safe Level of Fluoride in Drinking Water; Water Fluoridation Policy Threatened - Fluoride Action Network

After a 6-year long systematic review of fluoride’s impact on the developing brain, a court order has led to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) making public their finalized report that was blocked by US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership and concealed from the public...

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After a 6-year long systematic review of fluoride’s impact on the developing brain, a court order has led to the National Toxicology Program (NTP) making public their finalized report that was blocked by US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leadership and concealed from the public for the past 10 months.

The NTP reported 52 of 55 studies found decreases in child IQ associated with increase in fluoride, a remarkable 95% consistency.

So, while an average drop of 5 IQ points in a population might sound small it is huge from a public health perspective.

Furthermore, the NTP acknowledged there was the potential for some people to be more susceptible than average, so those people could lose much more than 5 IQ points.

Those susceptible individuals could lose 10, 15, 20 or more IQ points which would likely cause profound lifetime negative consequences.

 

[animalcule]

Great post, thanks for the info

 

[Rinse & rePeat]

I wonder now how much fluoride plays into the elderly’s cognitive issues too.

 

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“Exposure to increasing levels of fluoride in tap water was associated with diminished non-verbal intellectual abilities; the effect was more pronounced among formula-fed children.”

Fluoride Exposure from Infant Formula and Child IQ in a Canadian Birth Cohort

Infant consumption of formula reconstituted with fluoridated water can lead to excessive fluoride intake. We examined the association between fluoride exposure in infancy and intellectual ability in children who lived in fluoridated or non-fluoridated ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov