Fluoride In Water Does Not Lower IQ
Monday, May 19, 2014 - 12:40
in Health & Medicine
New research does not support claims that fluoridating water adversely affects children's mental development and adult IQ. The researchers were testing the claim that exposure to levels of fluoride used in community water fluoridation is toxic to the developing brain and can cause IQ deficits. The data used in the American Journal of Public Health article used data from the Dunedin Multidisciplinary Study, which has followed nearly all aspects of the health and development of around 1,000 people born in Dunedin in 1972-1973 up to age 38. read more