Troubled Government Report Finally Sees the Light of Day

August 27th, 2024 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride in the News

National Academies

On August 21, 2024, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) posted the NTP Monograph on the State of the Science Concerning Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopment and Cognition: A Systematic Review on its website and concluded “with a moderate degree of confidence” that higher estimated exposure to fluoride is associated with lower IQ in children. The NTP […]


Maternal Urinary Fluoride: Not a Valid Measure for Study’s Conclusion

May 21st, 2024 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride Dangers, Fluoride in the News

A new study in JAMA Network Open (Malin, et al.) claims to have found an association between maternal urinary fluoride (MUF) levels and later deficiencies in children’s executive function. This study used urine “spot samples” to measure a pregnant woman’s overall exposure to fluoride. Why Spot Samples Are Not Valid for this Study Experts in […]


Exposure to Fluoride in Water: How it’s Measured Really Matters

April 2nd, 2024 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride Dangers, Fluoride in water, What the Experts Say about Fluoride

Opponents of fluoride in water are quick to cite a 2019 Canadian study (Green et al.) to claim that fluoride affects the IQ of 3 and 4 year old children. A new peer-reviewed analysis refutes the validity of this study, showing that the Canadian researchers relied on invalid measures of both fluoride exposure and IQ. […]