Breaking: Major Harvard Study Published in Federal Govt Journal Confirms Fluoride Lowers IQ
If the scientific link between fluoride exposure and a noted decreased in IQ is a conspiracy theory, then perhaps the Harvard researchers who just confirmed such a link should be tarred and feathered by the ‘evidence-based’ medical media. In a telling review of a variety of studies that have demonstrated just how significantly fluoride can damage the brain and subsequently your IQ, Harvard University scientists stated “our results support the possibility of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on children’s neurodevelopment.”
The study concludes with:
“Conclusions: The results support the possibility of an adverse effect of high fluoride exposure on children’s neurodevelopment. Future research should include detailed individual-level information on prenatal exposure, neurobehavioral performance, and covariates for adjustment.”
The most outstanding component to the study is where it was published. Authors published their conclusion online in the July 20th edition of the prominent journal Environmental Health Perspectives, a federal government medical journal stemming from the United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. The very same government that has continually asserts fluoride’s safety.
In the past, the US government has actually been forced to call for lower fluoridation levels as previous research had also drawn a link between fluoride exposure and a host of neurotoxic effects. In the latest research by Harvard, it is made even more explicitly clear just how toxic fluoride can be to the body. In a written statement, researchers state:
“The children in high fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ than those who lived in low fluoride areas.”
Fluoride Lowers IQ, Sparks Tumor Growth
This should come as no surprise to those who have followed fluoride research over the past several years.
As far back as 1977, for instance, epidemiological studies performed by the head of the Cytochemistry Section at the National Cancer Institute Dr. Dean Burk revealed that fluoride exposure led to increased tumor growth — even at levels as low as 1 ppm (the standard for United States drinking water).
Beyond revealing an accelerated tumor growth rate of 25% in his research, fluoride was found to produce melanotic tumors, transform normal cells into cancer cells and increases the carcinogenesis of other chemicals.
It will come as no surprise, then, that:
“In 2006, the U.S. National Research Council (NRC) evaluated the fluoride standards of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and concluded that fluoride can adversely affect the brain through both direct and indirect means, that elevated fluoride concentrations in drinking-water may be of concern for neurotoxic effects, and that additional research was warranted.”
In another entry by study authors, it is explained how fluoride actually attacks the brain in unborn children and essentially launches a direct assault on their neurological development:
“Fluoride readily crosses the placenta. Fluoride exposure to the developing brain, which is much more susceptible to injury caused by toxicants than is the mature brain, may possibly lead to damage of a permanent nature.”
Many studies have exposed the same correlation of IQ-crushing fluoride intake.
Paul Connett, Ph.D. and director of the Fluoride Action Network was one of the many activists to speak out regarding the last study to highlight the association. And what was done? Unfortunately, it was brushed under the rug by mainstream health organizations who continue to assert that fluoride is perfectly safe. Some even recommend supplementing with fluoride pills.
In regards to the last breaking study, Connett stated:
“In this study we found a significant dose-response relation between fluoride level in serum and children’s IQ…This is the 24th study that has found this association, but this study is stronger than the rest.”
Will the latest Harvard-backed study be ignored by major public health organizations, or will serious change be initiated?
Other Water Chemicals Hurting the Brain
Unfortunately, fluoride isn’t the only harmful chemical that can be found in the water we drink, cook with, clean with, and bathe in. Lead, arsenic, radon, birth control, manganese, and other carcinogenic chemicals have also been found in the water supply.
Researchers in Quebec found that manganese in water is responsible for lowering IQ in children. Together, manganese and fluoride can both wreak havoc on mental dexterity. Adding fuel to the fire, hexavalent chromium, a deadly carcinogen, has been found in the water of 31 U.S. cities out of 35 tested.
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By the way, do some research on environmental fluoride. Fluoride has been shown to bond with calcium in nature, which makes it less dangerous.
Yet, the industrial-grade fluoride in the tap water (a by-product of aluminium manufacturing) is quite hazardous indeed.
I filter my water with fluoride filters, and you should too. Let's get this gunk out of the tap water.
where did you get your fluoride filters? i have been searching for some.
I read the referenced Harvard study on nih.gov. It's only 17 pages and pretty readable. Seems like real results by real scientists, not crackpot claims by people in tin foil hats. I'm convinced fluoride lowers IQ.
Here's a scary pair of quotes:
From the study:
Supporting the plausibility of our findings, rats exposed to 1 ppm (50 Smol/L) of water-fluoride for one year showed morphological alterations in the brain and increased levels of aluminum in brain tissue compared with controls (Varner et al. 1998)
From colgate.com:
Colgate® PreviDent® 5000 Booster Prescription Strength Toothpaste (Rx Only)
Important Safety Information:
PreviDent 5000 Sensitive (1.1% Sodium Fluoride, 5% Potassium Nitrate) is a dental caries preventative and a sensitive teeth toothpaste for patients 12 years of age and older.
1.1% = 1100 ppm ~= 1000X higher than the rat-brain-altering amount.
YIKES.
MIT-trained engineer
Do you eat your toothpaste??? . I think you've been drinking to much fluoridated water or maybe you do eat your toothpaste. I think you've been drinking a little too much of the water
Toothpaste is absorbed through the pallet and into the bloodstream, FYI.
You don't have to stop using toothpaste all together. You can switch to a fluoride free toothpaste as a safety precaution and above all a healthy diet. If you are constantly consuming unhealthy snacks that degrade your enamel there is no amount of fluoride that will save you. And I think we need to be more specific when discussing fluorde. We are not talking about Calcium fluoride found naturally in nature we are talking about sodium fluorde a toxic substance that your body has no need for.
Doesn't hurt to be safe than sorry. You don't have to stop using toothpaste altogether. Just buy a fluoride free toothpaste which is much better than regular toothpaste anyway. The best thing you can do is switch to a healthy diet. If you are eating unhealthy processed sugary foods and drinking soda there is no amount of fluoride that will help you. Water fluoridation gives people an excuse to neglect their oral health.
PS – for 'gisellewilding' – yes, fluoride and aluminium both have physiological roles. They are involved in the physiology of G-proteins, which are essential for intercellular communication in multicellular organisms like us.
Scientists who discovered and investigated G-proteins won Nobel prizes in 1994 and this year.
From an evolutionary standpoint it ought not be surprising that we have incorporated highly reactive elements like F and Al into our physiology.
Re: Seriously?
"The average loss in IQ was reported as a standardized weighted mean difference of 0.45, which would be approximately equivalent to seven IQ points for commonly used IQ scores with a standard deviation of 15.*"
Seven IQ points strikes me as meaningful as well as significant.
This suddenly makes me want to think twice about using any brand of toothpaste. It also makes me curious what other teeth-cleaning alternatives there are out there.
Google how to make your own tooth soap. It works very well and is much safer
Spread the word .Use baking soda instead of flouride poison toothpaste.