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<\/a><\/p>\nTo date, there are at least 53 known international scientific studies concluding that fluoride consumption is harmful to the development of intelligence in children, it impairs their learning and memory capacity. Children are commonly exposed to fluoride from municipal water supplies, dental treatments, environmental pollution, and in-utero.<\/span><\/p>\n Municipal water fluoridation is a state-mandated pharmacological intervention that ostensibly aims to fight dental fluorosis, but this claim is highly contested, and a growing body of research indicates that water fluoridation is linked to lower IQ in children. Medication without consent is a human rights violation<\/a><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2017, former EPA senior scientist,\u00a0William Hirzy, PhD noted:<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe significance of this peer-reviewed risk analysis is that it indicates there may be no actual safe level of exposure to fluoride. Groups of children with lower exposures to fluoride were compared with groups having higher exposures. Those with higher exposures performed more poorly on IQ tests than those with lower exposures.\u201d ~Former EPA senior scientist,\u00a0William Hirzy, PhD<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Here is a sampling of some of the shocking conclusions from these studies, as documented by The Fluoride Action Network<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/span>, where a full breakdown on these studies<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, as well as comments about study methodologies and locations, may be found.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cChronic exposure to high levels of fluoride in water was observed to be associated with lower intelligence quotient.\u201d ~IQ Study #41:\u00a0Nagarajappa (2013)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cSchool children residing in an area with higher than normal water fluoride level demonstrated more impaired development of intelligence when compared to school children residing in areas with normal and low water fluoride levels.\u201d ~IQ Study #47:\u00a0Sebastian (2015)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c[C]hildren residing in\u00a0areas with higher than normal water fluoride level\u00a0demonstrated more impaired development of intelligence\u00a0and moderate [dental fluorosis]. Millions of children including\u00a0adults around the world are affected by higher\u00a0level of fluoride concentration through their drinking\u00a0water and are therefore potentially at risk. It is concluded that for the benefit of the future generation,\u00a0urgent attention should be paid on this substantial\u00a0public health problem.\u201d ~IQ Study #50:\u00a0(Das 2016<\/a><\/span>)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201c[S]tudents of the study area have less IQ than students of non-contaminated area, demonstrating that consumption of F also has a major role with the intellectual development of<\/span> \u201cThe data from this research may support the hypothesis that excess fluoride in drinking water has toxic effects on the nervous system.\u201d ~IQ Study #48:\u00a0Khan (2015)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFluoride in the drinking water was significantly related with the IQ of children. Along with fluoride, mother\u2019s diet during pregnancy was also found to be significantly related with IQ of children.\u201d ~IQ Study #46:\u00a0Kundu (2015)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cResults of our field study raise a concern about the safety of elevated systemic exposure to fluoride from high concentrations in the drinking water.While topical fluoride treatment confers benefits of reducing caries incidence, the systemic exposure should not be so high as to impair children\u2019s neurodevelopment especially during the highly vulnerable windows of brain development in utero and during infancy and childhood and may result in permanent brain injury.\u201d ~IQ Study #45:\u00a0Choi (2015)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cExposures to fluorine and arsenic are deleterious to the development of intelligence and the development of growth in children\u201d ~IQ Study #43:\u00a0Bai (2014)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe observed reduced AChE activity in [the high fluoride area] which may be directly correlate[d] with the reduced intelligence score of the subjects.\u201d ~IQ Study #40:\u00a0Singh (2013)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe study found that children residing in a region with a high drinking water F level had lower IQs compared to children living in a low drinking water F region (p<0.001). The differences could not be attributed to confounding educational, economic, social, cultural, and general demographic factors.\u201d ~Karimzade (2014)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis study indicates that exposure to fluoride is associated with reduced intelligence in children.\u201d ~IQ Study #36:\u00a0Saxena (2012)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn conclusion, our study suggested that low levels of\u00a0fluoride\u00a0exposure in drinking water had negative effects on children\u2019s intelligence\u00a0and dental health and confirmed the dose-response relationships between urine fluoride and IQ scores as well as dental fluorosis.\u201d ~IQ Study #35:\u00a0Ding (2011)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBased on the findings, chronic exposure to high levels of fluoride can be one of the factors that influence intellectual development.\u201d ~IQ Study #34:\u00a0Poureslami (2011)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cPrevious studies had indicated toward decreased Intelligence in children exposed to high levels of fluoride and our study also confirmed such an effect.\u201d ~IQ Study #32:\u00a0Shivaprakash (2011)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cFindings of this study suggest that overall IQ levels in children\u2019s exposed to high fluoride level were significantly lower than the low fluoride areas.\u201d ~IQ Study #31:\u00a0Sudhir (2009)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHigh exposure to fluoride most definitely has an adverse effect on the development of intelligence in children, in particular on the capability of abstract inference.\u201d ~IQ Study #30:\u00a0Li (2009)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThis study indicates that exposure to fluoride in drinking water is associated with neurotoxic effects in children.\u201d ~IQ Study #28:\u00a0Wang (2007)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cIn agreement with other studies elsewhere,\u00a0these findings indicate that children drinking high F water are at risk for impaired development of intelligence.\u201d ~IQ Study #27:\u00a0Trivedi (2007)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cExposure to high levels of fluoride is likely to cause a certain level of harm to a child\u2019s level of intelligence.\u201d ~IQ Study #26:\u00a0Fan (2007)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cBased on the findings of this study, exposure of children to high levels of fluoride may carry the risk of impaired development of intelligence.\u201d ~IQ Study #25:\u00a0Seraj (2006)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cHigh fluoride burden has a definite effect on the intellectual and physical development of children.\u201d ~IQ Study #24:\u00a0Wang (2005)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe findings of this study thus replicate those of earlier studies and suggest that a real relationship exists between fluoride exposure and intelligence.\u201d ~IQ Study #18:\u00a0Lu (2000)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThese results show that water improvement and defluoridation can improve the mental and physical development of children in a fluorosis area.\u201c ~IQ Study #16:\u00a0Yao (1997)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe results of the intelligence tests show that a high level of fluoride influences children\u2019s IQ, which is consistent with some previous data. It is worth mentioning that the higher the degree of dental fluorosis, the more negative the impact on the children\u2019s intelligence level. This is an issue which merits utmost attention.\u201d ~IQ Study #15:\u00a0Yao (1996)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe results show that a high fluoride intake has a clear influence on the IQ of preschool children, manifesting itself primarily as damage to performance intelligence.\u201d ~IQ Study #13:\u00a0Wang (1996)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cA high fluoride intake was associated with a lower intelligence.\u201d ~IQ Study #11:\u00a0Li (1995<\/span>)<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe results show that the level of intelligence of primary and secondary students from the high fluoride area and that of primary and secondary students from the non-high fluoride area had very significant differences, proving that high fluoride has adverse effects on the mental development of students. The higher the water fluoride is, the lower the level of IQ.\u201d ~IQ Study #7:\u00a0An (1992)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThe results of this study indicate that there is significant difference between the intellectual ability of the 7\u2013 14-year-old children from the [fluorosis] endemic area and those of the control, and moreover that the average IQ of the children from the endemic area is clearly lower.\u201d ~IQ Study #4:\u00a0Chen (1991)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Alex Pietrowski<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is an artist and writer concerned with preserving good health and the basic freedom to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. He is a staff writer for\u00a0WakingTimes.com.<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0Alex is an avid student of Yoga and life.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nchildren.\u201d ~IQ Study #49:\u00a0Mondal (2016)<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nAbout the Author<\/h6>\n