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Fluoride Exposure in Utero Linked to Lower IQ in Kids, Study Says

  • September 19, 2017

In the largest and longest study of the effect of water fluoridation on the developing brain, researchers have found that children exposed to fluoride in utero had noticeable drops in IQ. According to CNN Health, the study was conducted in Mexico, where the water is naturally fluoridated; no similar study has yet been done in the U.S., where 75 percent of public water supplies have fluoride added to them. The American Dental Association dismissed the study as not relevant to American children...