From A Wills
From Fluoride Action Network. Fluoridation Weekly Review No. 8, April 12, 2022 Compiled & edited by Mike Dolan, PhD.
Fluoride’s Neurotoxic Effect
A further examination of an expanded database for the ELEMENT mother-child cohort study, that had previously shown a link between prenatal fluoride exposure & reduced intelligence, extends that finding by following the children across three successive IQ tests conducted at ages 4, 5 & 6-12 years. The researchers found that the children’s prenatal fluoride exposure was associated with a consistent loss of IQ across the entire age range that averaged about -4 IQ points per 1 mg/L increase in maternal urine fluoride. This is the first study to follow children longitudinally over three consecutive periods with IQ tests administered at each age range.
The study also broke down the IQ scores by sub-scales to distinguish between “non-verbal” & “verbal” intelligence, & found a greater loss of non-verbal
intelligence, averaging about -5 points per 1 mg/L maternal urine fluoride:
“The negative association between prenatal fluoride exposure & longitudinal IQ was driven by decrements in non-verbal intelligence … suggesting that visual-spatial & perceptual reasoning abilities may be more impacted by prenatal fluoride exposure as compared to verbal abilities.”
The study results are summarized in this figure based on the original paper:
The pregnant women studied for this report had levels off fluoride in their urine that were comparable to those found in women drinking fluoridated water.
Another mother-child cohort study in Canada also found prenatal exposure to fluoride from drinking water lowered children’s intelligence.
The investigators, from several Mexican & Canadian, US, & Mexican universities, concluded their report writing,
“prenatal exposure to fluoride is associated with sustained impacts on IQ. Non-verbal abilities may be more susceptible to impairment from prenatal fluoride exposure as compared to verbal abilities. These results were found among mother-child pairs living in a region of Mexico in which fluoride is added to salt. These findings contribute to the growing body of evidence on fluoride’s neurotoxicity, and indicate a need to develop recommendations for pregnant women.”
Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/
On FAN: https://fluoridealert.org/
Health Service Considers Fluoridating Scottish Cities
Over a million people in Glasgow, Scotland & neighbouring towns could be subject to water fluoridation under a new NHS scheme, according to a report on the STV News website. “NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, which covers 1.2 million people in Glasgow & five other council areas surrounding the city, says it is actively considering ways to introduce the mineral into the region’s water supply,” according to the report. The drive to implement fluoridation in Scotland is supported by UK government, but the Scottish National Party said it has no plans to support the policy if it is re-elected. NHS Grampian said it had no plans to seek fluoridation.
Scotland is noteworthy for having rejected fluoridation in 1983 following its High Court decision that was the longest & most expensive case in its legal history. Of the four countries that make up United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), only England has any artificial fluoridation, & only for about 10% of its population.
Source: https://news.stv.tv/west-
On FAN: article from The Times, https://fluoridealert.org/
British Government Report Shows Water Fluoridation Linked To Increased Risk Of Hip Fracture
A new report by the British government’s Office of Health Improvement & Disparities that reports no link between exposure to water fluoridation schemes & risk of hip fracture actually contains data that show there is an increased risk.
The March 21 report, Water Fluoridation: Health monitoring report for England 2022, asserts,
“Taking wider research & the previous health monitoring reports into account, no convincing evidence was found of higher rates of hip fracture in areas with higher fluoride concentrations, or in areas with a fluoridation scheme in place.”
However, in the depths of the report which include the compiled data for England, the authors conclude,
“Considering public water supplies where fluoride was adjusted as part of a fluoridation scheme during the period 2006 to 2015, crude incidence was 7% higher compared to areas where there was no scheme & mean fluoride was below 0.2mg/l.”
The authors further go on to note: “The association between presence of a fluoridation scheme & hip fractures varied by age. When deprivation & sex are taken into account, there was evidence of an increased incidence rate of admissions for hip fracture in those aged 50 to 79 years.”
Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/
Report on FAN: http://fluoridealert.org/wp-
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