Fluoride exposure during pregnancy and its effects on childhood neurobehavior: a study among mother-child pairs from Mexico City, Mexico

Jul 2, 2017 | IQ

Overall, this investigation found no evidence of a detectable adverse outcome on offspring neurobehavioral development associated with maternal fluoride exposure during pregnancy. Fluoride measured in pregnancy urine and plasma was not significantly associated with...

Associations of Community Water Fluoridation with Caries Prevalence and Oral Health Inequality in Children

Jun 14, 2017 | Effectiveness

This study aimed to confirm the association between the community water fluoridation (CWF) programme and dental caries prevention on permanent teeth, comparing to a control area, neighbouring  population without the programme, and verifying whether the programme can...

Access to Fluoridated Water and Adult Dental Caries A Natural Experiment

May 24, 2017 | Effectiveness

Participants living between 50% and 75% and <50% of their lives in fluoridated areas presented a decayed and filled teeth mean ratio of 1.34 (95% CI, 1.02–1.75) and 1.47 (95% CI, 1.05–2.04) higher than those with residential access to fluoridated water >75% of...

Overwhelming Consensus

Apr 11, 2017 | Cancer

There is overwhelming consensus that there is no valid evidence linking water fluoridation to ANY cancer. 1) A review of worldwide studies by The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded there was no evidence of an increase in cancer rates...

Fluoride exposure and reported learning disability diagnosis among Canadian children: Implications for community water fluoridation

Apr 11, 2017 | IQ

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Recent studies have connected increased fluoride exposure with increased risk of neurodevelopmental-related outcomes, such as ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and lower IQ in children. Our primary objective was to examine the...

Fluoride exposure in public drinking water and childhood and adolescent osteosarcoma in Texas

May 17, 2016 | Osteosarcoma

Results: Three hundred and eight osteosarcoma cases, 598 leukemia controls, and 604 CNS tumor controls met selection criteria and were assigned a corresponding PWS fluoride level. PWS fluoride level was not associated with osteosarcoma, either in a univariable...