New Studies Link Fluoride to Reduced IQ and ADHD in Children
The NRC committee warned that “on a per-body-weight basis, infants and young children have approximately three to four times greater exposure than do adults.”
Fluoridation of the U.S. public water supply has been a polarizing topic both academically and politically since its start in the 1940s. Debate over its benefits and health risks has raged on as the science has continued to unfold.
This series will explore the contentious findings surrounding this ubiquitous public health measure and answer the question of whether water fluoridation poses a risk and what we should do about it.
In 2006, concerns about fluoride exposure in sensitive subpopulations arose when the National Research Council’s (NRC) Committee on Fluoride in Drinking Water conducted a scientific review of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) fluoridation standards.
The review mentioned particular concerns regarding infants and young children after it looked at the estimated aggregated total fluoride exposures from pesticides, background food, air, toothpaste, and drinking water.
