The Fluoride Action Network has
published the following press release. Please share it by forwarding
this email or sending the link to our
online version to the news editors of the media outlets in your
community, large and small (newspaper, radio, TV, online). Feel free to
also cut and paste the comments by Paul Connett and the
listed studies into emails to local legislators, councilors,
scientists at nearby colleges and universities, and members of the
public health community. It's imperative that as many people as
possible read these four studies!
Federal trial against EPA on fluoridation
postponed due to coronavirus
A legal case
challenging the safety of water fluoridation which was set for a
two-week trial in April
in federal district court in San Francisco has
been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The case against the EPA was brought by several environmental groups
led by Food & Water Watch and Fluoride Action Network (FAN) under
provisions in the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). Plaintiffs argue
the neurotoxic harm to children presents an unreasonable
risk and far outweighs any possible benefit to teeth, reports Fluoride
Action Network (FAN).
Paul Connett, PhD, director of FAN, says of the scientific evidence:
"As of 2020 there have been 72 fluoride-IQ studies, of which 64
found a lower IQ among children with higher fluoride exposure. Many
of the earlier studies were in places with elevated natural fluoride
levels. There is now very strong evidence that fluoride damages both the
fetal and infant brain at the levels used
in artificially fluoridated areas."
"You only have to read four studies
to realize that deliberately adding fluoride to drinking water
unnecessarily endangers children's brains. Three* of these four studies
were funded by the National
Institutes of Health."
The
first* came in Sept 2017 with a groundbreaking study fromMexico
City. This study found a strong association between the amount of
fluoride women were exposed to during pregnancy and lowered IQ in their
offspring.
The
second* came in 2019 when a study published in JAMA Pediatrics essentially replicated the Mexico City finding in Canadian communities.
The third came
in 2019 and found a staggering 284% increase in the prevalence of ADHD
among children in fluoridated communities inCanada compared to
non-fluoridated ones.
The
fourth* came in 2020, when it was reported that children
who were bottle-fed in fluoridated communities in Canada lost up to 9 IQ
points compared to those in non-fluoridated communities.
"The level of
evidence that fluoride is neurotoxic now far exceeds the evidence that
was in place when lead was banned from gasoline."
"While we
wait to prove our case in court, I urge everyone, including scientists,
doctors, journalists and public health officials to read these four
papers and not simply take the word of fluoridation
promoters on the evidence. The risk to our children's developing
brains is so great it is unconscionable to delay warnings to pregnant
women and parents."
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