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I thought we were talking about adding small amounts of flouride to drinking water for beneficial reasons, but that article seems to be about studies in China where there are naturally occurring high fluoridation levels.

Low = good, high = bad. "Sola dosis facit venenum". The dose makes the poison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dose_makes_the_poison




Someone asked for sources in this thread. GP provided the NPR source for: "The US government just cut down the amount of fluorine in the water supply." That was heavily downvoted.

So I provided the source for GP's other statement, "And it is detrimental to brain development."

In contrast you've provided a generic source for an old adage. Anyhow the Harvard study mentions all the levels studied, some of which are comparable to US levels.


Your source says:

"all but one (Chinese) study suggested that high fluoride content in water may negatively affect cognitive development."

The source does not support claims that US levels of flouridation are too high nor that it is detrimental to brain development.


Some of the levels studied (mg/L) --

.88, 1.8, 2.97, 1.81-2.69, 4.12, 2.0, 3.15, 2.9, 2.97, .57-4.5, 2.5, 1.24-2.34, 2.47, 2.38


What are the levels used in US municipal fluoridation?


between .7-1.2 mg now it's going down to .7 mg.




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