A U.S. government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children.
The report, based on an analysis of previously published research, marks the first time a federal agency has determined — “with moderate confidence” — that there is a link between higher levels of fluoride exposure and lower IQ in kids. While the report was not designed to evaluate the health effects of fluoride in drinking water alone, it is a striking acknowledgment of a potential neurological risk from high levels of fluoride.
Fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tear, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The addition of low levels of fluoride to drinking water has long been considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.
“I think this (report) is crucial in our understanding” of this risk, said Ashley Malin, a University of Florida researcher who has studied the affect of higher fluoride levels in pregnant women on their children. She called it the most rigorously conducted report of its kind.
Dude, just dig a well and get off the main tap. Or collect rain water. I’m not on municipal water, so frankly any excuse as to what’s stopping you I’m just going to hear as *but if I solve my problems, what will I complain about?"
You do in fact have the power to change this thing you disagree with, even if you only have the power to effect that change upon yourself and no one else, at the end of the day, it’s still you that can do something about it, for you. No one is coming to save you. Best to hammer that lesson home, I doubt it’s gonna change in our lifetimes. put it on cross stitch by your keys or something . Or make one for your bathroom as a toilet paper holder, lololol
Shit I might do that last one.