Breaking news: Fluoride stunts neurological development in children
By David Liu, PHD
with thanks to foodconsumer.org
Saturday Sept 8, 2012 (foodconsumer.org)
-- Many food consumers and lawmakers believe fluoridation of drinking
water provides dental benefits for all people. A new review study by
Harvard researchers confirm that increased fluoride exposure lowers
intellectual quotient (IQ) in children to say the least.
Anna L Choi of Harvard School of Public Health and colleagues
conducted a meta-analysis of 27 previous studies and reported at ISEE
Conference - August 26 to 30, 2012 - Columbia, South Carolina that
fluoride causes an adverse effect on children's neurodevelopment.
For the review, the researchers searched a number of major research
databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, Water Resources Abstracts and
TOXNET databases and the China National Knowledge Infrastructure
database on fluoride neurotoxicity through 2011 for eligible studies and
identified 27 epidemiological studies suitable for the meta-analysis.
The major findings: children who were exposed to fluoride, compared
to those who were not, had their IQ (intellectual quotient) lowered by
0.45 point. That is, the researchers said children in high fluoride
area has significantly lowered IQ score compared to those who lived in
low fluoride areas.
The researchers concluded their study confirms the notion of an
adverse effect of fluoride on children's intellectual quotient or
neurobehavioral development.
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