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.
Posted: 01/28/2013 11:30 am EST Updated: 03/30/2013 5:12 am EDT
Read more: Harvard Study Confirms Fluoride Reduces Children's IQ
Highlights
- Elevated fluoride concentrations in drinking water may be neurotoxic.
- We carried out a pilot study of 51 first-grade children with stable lifetime fluoride exposures.
- Moderate and severe fluorosis was associated with deficits in digit span total and backward scores.
- The dose-dependence underlying the association needs to be characterized in detail.
Current fluoride intake among western populations with mass fluoridation programs has reached historically unprecedented levels. While the health impact of these exposures remains poorly understood, research shows that comparable doses cause serious health conditions in areas of the world with widespread fluoride poisoning. Certain individuals, including infants, diabetics, kidney patients, and those with nutrient deficiencies, are at particular risk.
FLUORIDE & HEALTH
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"If I was an arthritic individual, I would be eliminating every possible source of fluoride exposure that I could think of." (Phyllis Mullenix, PhD, Toxicologist) | "Studies are needed to evaluate gastric responses to fluoride from natural sources at concentrations up to 4 mg/L and from artificial sources." - (National Research Council, 2006) |
"One cannot help but be alarmed by the negative effects of fluoride on bone strength consistently demonstrated in animal models." - Dr. Charles Turner, Indiana University.
| "In hypersensitive individuals, fluorides occasionally cause skin eruptions such as atopic dermatitis, eczema or urticaria. Gastric distress, headache and weakness have also been reported. These hypersensitivity reactions usually disappear promptly after discontinuation of the fluoride." - PHYSICIAN'S DESK REFERENCE |
"It is apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain." (National Research Council, 2006) | "A fairly substantial body of research indicates that patients with chronic renal insufficiency are at an increased risk of chronic fluoride toxicity. These patients may develop skeletal fluorosis even at 1 ppm fluoride in the drinking water." (Dr. Helmut Schiffl, 2008) |
Cancer | Male Fertility |
Cardiovascular Disease | Pineal Gland |
Diabetes | Skeletal Fluorosis |
Endocrine Disruption | Thyroid Disease |
Acute Toxicity | |
Information above is provided by FluorideAlert.org
PROFFESSIONALS STATEMENT
FAN's Professionals Statement to End Water Fluoridation has been signed by over 4,000 medical, dental, scientific, and environmental professionals.
UPDATE: 4,790 Signers by-degree.
Please visit this page to read who has signed so far: http://www.fluoridealert.org/researchers/professionals-statement/
The Project: 'Fluoride in the Water' [Broadcast 15 Aug 2012]
Professional Perspectives on Water Fluoridation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88pfVo3bZLY
Read more: The Project: 'Fluoride in the Water' [Broadcast 15 Aug 2012]
TV NEWS show exposes Fluoride for what it is - poison!
Violent behaviour & silicofluorides linked...
http://dianabuckland.webs.com/fluorideaggression.htm
Report from FLUORIDE RESEARCH on WATER FLUORIDATION & CRIME in the United States of America
If water fluoridation were ended, it might take a generation for the effects to recede.
If it continues to expand, the "signal" identified in this study may get lost in the "noise" of ENDEMIC VIOLENCE.
http://www.fluorideresearch.org/381/files/38111-22.pdf
FLUORIDE TRUTH hits the TV in AUSTRALIA
REYKJAVIK - April 18, 2010
HEALTH authorities have warned that the fallout of volcanic ash over parts of Iceland could jeopardise the safety of its drinking water.
And a geophysicist said the eruption showed no signs of abating.
Halldor Runolfsson from the Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority said there were concerns for human health but the greatest risk was to livestock.
''It is important to prevent the ash from reaching water supplies, both for public and animal health reasons and for safe milk production.''
His colleague Guthjon Gunnarsson said the agency was evaluating the quality of drinking water, which was mostly protected because it was sourced from under the ground.
Dr Runolfsson said the ash posed the greatest risk to livestock because it contained high levels of fluoride, which can cause problems in bones and teeth.
Since the eruption began on Wednesday, it has been spewing a six-kilometre plume of ash into the sky, sending a giant cloud of it towards Europe and prompting the continent's biggest air travel shutdown since World War II.
The question for scientists is how long the eruption might continue, particularly at its current strength. Geophysicist Pall Einarsson, from the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Iceland, said that question could not yet be answered.
Iceland had many volcanoes, and their eruptions often followed a pattern, Professor Einarsson said. ''Usually they are most vigorous in the beginning. But this volcano is very different from that.''
Researchers were monitoring the volcano for indications that the eruption was tapering off.
One complication was the eruption's location, under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier. The underside of the ice has melted, causing flooding, forcing evacuations and destroying bridges and roads. The rest of Europe is concerned about how the meltwater might affect the volcano and the ash it generates.
Jennie Gilbert, from the University of Lancaster in Britain, said the presence of water could affect the characteristics of the sandlike ash produced by the volcano. As the molten rock hits the cold water, it is fused into a glassy material. When the pressure builds up and the volcano explodes, this material breaks up into fine particles. In Britain, the Health Protection Agency said some particles might settle to the ground but may not be visible.
It advised people - particularly those with respiratory problems - to have medicines on hand and to limit outdoor activities.
http://www.smh.com.au/world/volcano-ash-sparks-health-fears-20100417-slgb.html