Does water fluoridation really damage your children’s IQ?

A recent study showed that community water fluoridation was associated with lower IQ scores in young children. Opponents of water fluoridation jumped on the study, claiming that it confirms the dangers of fluoride on the developing brain.

Since then, a number of critics have pointed out that the differences in IQ scores were small and that there were some methodological problems with the research. Now a group of 30 scientists have requested that a funder of the Canadian study, the U.S. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, ask the authors to release their data for independent review.

It is important that we continue investigating the possible health effects of water fluoridation....................