Read more at http://www.realfarmacy.com/harvard-study-confirms-fluoride-reduces-childrens-iq/#cmhVveYhqgmh37i5.99
A recently-published Harvard University
meta-analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded
that children who live in areas with highly fluoridated water have
“significantly lower” IQ scores than those who live in low fluoride areas.
In a 32-page report
that can be downloaded free of charge from Environmental Health Perspectives,
the researchers said:
A recent report from the U.S. National Research
Council (NRC 2006) concluded that adverse effects of high fluoride
concentrations in drinking water may be of concern and that additional research
is warranted. Fluoride may cause neurotoxicity in laboratory animals, including
effects on learning and memory …
To summarize the available literature, we
performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies on
increased fluoride exposure in drinking water and neurodevelopmental delays. We
specifically targeted studies carried out in rural China that have not been
widely disseminated, thus complementing the studies that have been included in
previous reviews and risk assessment reports …
Findings from our meta-analyses of 27 studies
published over 22 years suggest an inverse association between high fluoride
exposure and children’s intelligence … The results suggest that fluoride may be
a developmental neurotoxicant that affects brain development at exposures much
below those that can cause toxicity in adults …
Serum-fluoride concentrations associated with high
intakes from drinking-water may exceed 1 mg/L, or 50 Smol/L, thus more than
1000-times the levels of some other neurotoxicants that cause
neurodevelopmental damage. 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 …
In conclusion, our results support the possibility
of adverse effects of fluoride exposures on children’s neurodevelopment. Future
research should formally evaluate dose-response relations based on
individual-level measures of exposure over time, including more precise
prenatal exposure assessment and more extensive standardized measures of
neurobehavioral performance, in addition to improving assessment and control of
potential confounders.
Studies Have Repeatedly Linked Fluoride to Reduced
IQ and Brain Damage
There are so many scientific studies showing the
direct, toxic effects of fluoride
on your body, it’s truly remarkable that it’s NOT considered a scientific
consensus by now. Despite the evidence against it, fluoride is still added to 70 percent of U.S.
public drinking water supplies.
It amazes me that the medical (and dental)
communities are so stubbornly resistant to connect the dots when it comes to
the skyrocketing increase of cognitive decline in adults and behavioral issues
in children (ADD, ADHD, depression and learning disabilities of all kinds). In
fact, there have been more than 23 human studies and 100 animal studies linking
fluoride to brain damage.
Fluoride can also increase manganese
absorption, compounding problems, since manganese in drinking water has also
been linked to lower IQ in children.
Reported effects of fluoride on your brain
include:
• Reduction in nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
•
Damage to your hippocampus
• Formation of beta-amyloid plaques (the classic
brain abnormality in Alzheimer’s disease)
• Reduction in lipid content
• Damage
to purkinje cells
• Exacerbation of lesions induced by iodine deficiency
•
Impaired antioxidant defense systems
• Increased uptake of aluminum
•
Accumulation of fluoride in your pineal gland
Read more at http://www.realfarmacy.com/harvard-study-confirms-fluoride-reduces-childrens-iq/#cmhVveYhqgmh37i5.99
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