Health News Update: Fluoride Associated with Brain Damage

Mark Smith • June 24, 2024

Hello again everyone:

 

For many years, there has been controversy about whether or not the fluoride that is added to our drinking water could be harmful to our brain and nervous system. This new study reveals some frightening information and deserves a read:


About three-quarters of the U.S. population lives in areas with water fluoridation levels of 0.7 mg/L, which is recommended by the U.S. Public Health Service as optimal for dental health.

 

Exposure to high fluoride levels is well established as adversely affecting neurodevelopment, Malin and colleagues wrote. These findings add to growing evidence that fluoride exposure at lower, U.S.-relevant levels may also be associated with poorer neurodevelopment.


"Specifically, higher prenatal fluoride exposure in Canada and/or Mexico has been associated with lower IQ among children aged 3 to 4 years in Canada, and children aged 6 to 12 years in Mexico, increased symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among children aged 6 to 12 years, poorer executive function among children aged 3 to 5 years, and poorer performance on measures of global cognition among 12–24-month-old boys," Malin's group noted.

 

"It cannot be interpreted as a replication of the key existing studies (e.g., MIREC [the Canadian cohort], ELEMENT [the Mexican cohort]) as it focused on a different outcome, children's behavior problems as reported by parents," Bellinger told MedPage Today in an email. "However, it is generally consistent with the findings of those prior studies, insofar as it adds another well-conducted study to the overall body of evidence suggesting that at typical levels of exposures of pregnant women, fluoride might be associated with adverse child outcomes."

 

"As a result, it adds weight to the argument that regulatory agencies should at least consider potential adverse child health outcomes when establishing exposure standards for fluoride," Bellinger added. "Because sources of the fluoride exposure of the women were not evaluated in this study, however, the findings should not be interpreted as providing evidence either for or against water fluoridation."

 

https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/110303?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2024-05-23&eun=g1613163d0r&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202024-05-23&utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition#

 

Bottom Line:

 

At the very least, information such as this should prompt massive public health research into the possible risk vs. benefit of this common practice, yet the progress in this area has been incredibly slow. I would strongly recommend that you do some research on your own and see what you find, and from there decide whether or not to consider a home water filtration system. You can start your research here:


https://www.ewg.org/search?fullsearch=water%20fluoridation&page=0




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