From Fans Newsletter

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Pro-Fluoridation Canadian Investigators Ignore Evidence, Call Fluoride’s Neurotoxicity ‘Misinformation’

Reporting in the Journal of Medical Internet Research on June 23, they write, “[M]isinformation that fluoride causes neurological disorders has flooded the internet with erroneous beliefs on the poisoning capacity of fluoride. This spread of misinformation has contributed to a public refusal to use fluoride to control dental caries.

They cite only two reports that downplay fluoride’s neurotoxicity, ignoring a large body of evidence that found prenatal exposure to fluoride at levels used in the fluoridation of community water systems is associated with a marked decline in intelligence as measured in IQ tests.

As is often the case in these academic reports on social media, the authors withhold needed information from the public while heralding the need for a more informed population.

“Certainly, the adoption of reliable web-based health information by users can enhance individual and shared decision-making, thus contributing to better health care outcomes. In this context, government agencies and organizations should be aware of the importance of investments in measures designed to improve the acquisition of information by the population,” they conclude.

Source: https://doi.org/10.2196/44586