Harvard Study Confirms Fluoride Reduces Child IQ's

[postmodernmonk]

A recently-published Harvard University meta-analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded that children who live in areas with highly fluoridated water have "significantly lower" IQ scores than those who live in low fluoride areas.

In a 32-page report that can be downloaded free of charge from Environmental Health Perspectives, the researchers said:
Serum-fluoride concentrations associated with high intakes from drinking-water may exceed 1 mg/L, or 50 Smol/L, thus more than 1000-times the levels of some other neurotoxicants that cause neurodevelopmental damage. Supporting the plausibility of our findings, rats exposed to 1 ppm (50 Smol/L) of water-fluoride for one year showed morphological alterations in the brain and increased levels of aluminum in brain tissue compared with controls ...

In conclusion, our results support the possibility of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on children's neurodevelopment. Future research should formally evaluate dose-response relations based on individual-level measures of exposure over time, including more precise prenatal exposure assessment and more extensive standardized measures of neurobehavioral performance, in addition to improving assessment and control of potential confounders.

www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mercola/fluoride_b_2479833.html

[brillbilly]

Flouride is friggin RAT POISON if ya ask me

[Wes Gear]

Fluoride, I have no doubt, is a mind altering drug.

[theshee]

I can't believe they are still using this poison in water supplies, when all the evidence proves it is a terrible poison even in small amounts!

[Rareclan]