Scientific News What The Evidence Says About Fluoride In Drinking Water

The Final Word On Fluoride In Your Water: New US Study On 27,000 People Found Fluoride Boosts Brain Instead of Harming IQ

For years, critics have used fear of “IQ loss” to fuel campaigns against community water fluoridation. Public officials, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have called fluoride an “industrial waste”. Read More

Fluoride in drinking water does not negatively affect cognitive ability — and may actually provide benefit, study finds

(CNN) — The longstanding public health practice of adding fluoride to community drinking water is facing heavy scrutiny in the United States over questions about whether the benefits outweigh the ... Read More

Study finds fluoride in drinking water boosts cognition, challenges claims of IQ decline

A new study published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science finds fluoride in drinking water does not impair cognitive abilities and may even boost them. Using test scores from ... Read More

SC politicians advocate ban on cavity-fighting fluoride in public drinking water

Fluoride is credited with improving the dental health of children and adults for decades, but some South Carolina legislators are suspicious and want to ban it ... Read More

How to protect your child's teeth if your water lacks fluoride

For generations, fluoridated drinking water has helped safeguard the teeth of most American children. Yet recently, skepticism over this public-health measure has gained new traction, and some locales ... Read More

Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA action, judge says

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children. U ... Read More