Reason to switch to fluoride-free toothpaste during pregnancy

The findings of new research may make you want to switch to fluoride-free toothpaste while pregnant. Read on to find out why…

A study of over 200 pregnant women and their children found that higher levels of urinary fluoride during pregnancy are associated with more ADHD-like symptoms in school-age children.

“Our findings are consistent with a growing body of evidence suggesting that the growing foetal nervous system may be negatively affected by higher levels of fluoride exposure,” said Dr Morteza Bashash, the study’s lead author and researcher at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Canada.

Researchers analysed data from 213 mother-child pairs in Mexico City that were part of the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) project, which recruited pregnant women from 1994 to 2005 and has continued to follow the women and their children ever since........................