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  • Healthcare Triage: Fluoride

      September 22, 2014 at 6:43 pm
      Aaron Carroll

    Another myth that refuses to die:

    Every once in a while chain emails or Facebook posts make their way back into prominence. It happened last year with HPV killing girls. Recently, it seems to be Fluoride. A number of you have been forwarding  me a post from last year which features a meta-analysis published a few years ago on Fluoride and IQ. So let’s talk about Fluoride!

    For those of you who came here for more information or for references, here you go:

    • Developmental Fluoride Neurotoxicity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
    • New York City 2011 Drinking Water Supply and Quality Report
    • Fluoridation Facts
    • Achievements in Public Health, 1900-1999: Fluoridation of Drinking Water to Prevent Dental Caries
    • The effectiveness of community water fluoridation in the United States
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    • Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the 20th Century

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    Some of this was adapted from our first book, Don’t Swallow Your Gum, copyright © 2009 by the authors and reprinted by permission of St. Martin’s Griffin. If you like this kind of stuff, go buy a copy. 

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