International experts call for independent probe of Canadian research linking fluoride and lower IQ

 An arm’s-length review is needed to determine whether 'ideology is being misrepresented as science,' the group of academics and health officials says in a letter

Several international experts have taken the unusual step of urging a Canadian university to arrange an independent investigation into research that controversially linked fluoride in drinking water to lower intelligence in children.

The academics and public health officials from six countries say studies by York University’s Christine Till have been widely criticized, yet are still influencing often-emotional debates over fluoridation in American and Canadian cities................