Fluoridated Water Not Linked to Lower Cognitive Abilities: Study

The study used tests and modeling to analyze the impact of fluoridated water on cognitive abilities.

A person fills a bottle with water, in an undated file photograph. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Drinking fluoridated water is not linked to lower cognitive abilities, researchers said in a new study.

Students who lived in areas that added fluoride to water tested better in school, John Robert Warren of the University of Minnesota and other researchers said in the paper, published Nov. 19 by Science Advances.