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Late Stage Prenatal Fluoride Exposure Associated With Low Birth Weights --"Women Should Avoid Sources Of Fluoride Exposure During Pregnancy" Children who suffer third trimester exposure to fluoride, as measured in mother’s urine, are at increased risk of experiencing low birth weight, according to a new analysis of the ELEMENT cohort in Mexico. Read More

Dentists Not Engaged With Media On Sugar And Tooth Decay A survey of over 600 California dentists found that the vast majority had, “never talked to traditional media or posted to social media about sugar or sugar policies for dental caries prevention.” Read More

Pennsylvania Water Authority Committee Recommends Fluoridation Repeal After conducting extensive research, a committee formed by of the State College Borough Water Authority to study their fluoridation program recommended the authority “cease fluoridating” the drinking water due to potential “threats of harm to human health.” Read More

New Zealand Mayor Says Government Must Pay For Fluoridation System In a sign that water fluoridation may be delayed in resistant cities and councils in New Zealand, the mayor of Whangārei, Sheryl Mai, recently told the district council that central government must pay to install equipment and to fund the program annually. Read More Benchmark Level For Fluoride Neurotoxicity Being Used The recently proposed benchmark level for fetal fluoride neurotoxicity (Grandjean et al., 2021) is being adopted by the scientific community and used in the published literature. Read More Fluoride Free New Zealand Encourages Councils To Resist “Government Dictates’ Denouncing the government for acquiescing “to the fluoridation lobby that was losing, and has now totally lost, the scientific argument about fluoridation,” the Fluoride Free New Zealand activist group is encouraging local councils to resist the new fluoridation mandates being imposed by the Director-General of Health. Read More FAN Submittal Contains Comprehensive Account Of Fluoride Neurotoxicity Research In response to the British government’s request for “consultation” regarding its plan to fluoridate drinking water, the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) has submitted a comprehensive statement on fluoride’s neurotoxicity that should serve as the definitive guide to the subject. Read More