USA - Fluoride standard is criticized

The report is the first to conclude that there are legitimate health concerns about the existing standard. The health and wisdom of fluoridation in water supplies has been debated in the United States for several decades.
The panel of 12 unanimously decided that the existing standard is not protecting the public from serious health effects and recommended that the EPA lower it.
The scientists determined that people who drink water containing the allowable amount of fluoride are "likely to experience more fractures" because the compound can weaken bones over a lifetime of exposure.
In addition, about 10 percent of children in communities with fluoride levels at or near the allowable level develop severe tooth enamel fluorosis, which can cause yellowing of developing teeth and damage the enamel.
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