Articles tagged with: Fluoride

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Flawed comparison of cancer mortality between fluoridated and non-fluoridated U.S. cities doesn’t provide sufficient evidence that fluoride causes cancer

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Rise in cancer after water fluoridation was introduced shows fluoride causes cancer; “Fluoride amounts to public murder on a grand scale”

SOURCE: Dean Burk, Facebook, YouTube

Published: 22 May 2023

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Draft U.S. government report doesn’t conclude that fluoride is harmful at low levels

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“As fluoride goes up [...] IQ goes down in the developing brains of our kids”

SOURCE: Social media user, Instagram

Published: 24 Apr 2023

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Water fluoridation hasn’t been associated with cognitive or other health problems so far, contrary to widespread claims

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“Harvard Study Confirms: Fluoride Reduces Children’s IQ”

SOURCE: Anonymous, Social media users, Herbs, Health, and Happiness

Published: 26 Sep 2022

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Insufficient evidence to support Kanye West’s claim that fluoride in toothpaste harms the pineal gland

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“Did you use toothpaste with fluoride today? It blocks your pineal gland. And they put children on it.”

SOURCE: Kanye West, The Joe Rogan Experience

Published: 01 Sep 2022

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Fluoride in toothpaste effectively prevents tooth decay; it isn’t neurotoxic, contrary to online claims

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“Toothpaste is poisonous”; “fluoride is a neurotoxin” and doesn’t prevent tooth decay

SOURCE: Charlotte Gerson, Facebook

Published: 13 Apr 2022

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Fluoridated drinking water is not associated with neurological damage, despite online claims to the contrary

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Studies have repeatedly linked fluoride to reduced IQ and brain damage

SOURCE: Joseph Mercola, Real Farmacy

Published: 15 Jul 2019

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