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Meta analysis of evidence linking fluoride exposure to cognitive effects [pdf]

7 points by nailer 3y ago

bell-cot 3y ago
Across the top of every page: "Internal Deliberative – Confidential --- DRAFT NOT FOR ATTRIBUTION" It includes plenty of "this needs changes" comments from reviewers. Looking at their Summary, and reviewer comments there - it looks like a decent one-line summary would be: "If you are not getting well above the WHO's upper limit for fluoride, then there is no evidence of it having ill effects." Bigger picture: A "too much is bad" conclusion would not make fluoride at all special. If a toddler gets into a bottle of adult iron supplement tablets, he can easily swallow an LD99 dose in <1 minute. Grab the kid and the bottle, and get them to a good emergency room as fast as you can. (IANAMD - depending on circumstances, you may want to immediately induce vomiting, or call the local poison control center, or ...)
- nailer 3y ago
  Yes, there was a court case to get the report released. https://fluoridealert.org/articles/national-toxicology-program-finds-no-safe-level-of-fluoride-in-drinking-water-water-fluoridation-policy-threatened/ https://fluoridealert.org/articles/national-toxicology-progr... has some details on the circumstances.
Log_out_ 3y ago
So fluorid is in toothpaste? So non usage is associated with gum disease. Making this a 2nd order effect study of "will bacteria entering the bloodstream trough rotting tissue affect neural tissue?"
Liebnitz 3y ago
Wow... almost 1,600 pages. What a slog. I guess my question is to the OP: What is your purpose? Fear? Conspiracy? Troll? If you want that route, then include commentary on all the other poisonous things humans consume: Copper, Selenium, Chlorine, Sodium, even Arsenic, and etc. These are all elements or compounds or salts that are needed in the human body for it to live. Flouride is a monatomic anion of fluorine, a salt if you will, no different than Chlorine and Sodium as a salt. The data is incontrovertible that "Flouride" helps the human condition more that it hurts it.
- nailer 3y ago
  I submitted the article but I’m not the author, the report was created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

7 points by nailer 3y ago

Across the top of every page: "Internal Deliberative – Confidential --- DRAFT NOT FOR ATTRIBUTION" It includes plenty of "this needs changes" comments from reviewers. Looking at their Summary, and reviewer comments there - it looks like a decent one-line summary would be: "If you are not getting well above the WHO's upper limit for fluoride, then there is no evidence of it having ill effects." Bigger picture: A "too much is bad" conclusion would not make fluoride at all special. If a toddler gets into a bottle of adult iron supplement tablets, he can easily swallow an LD99 dose in <1 minute. Grab the kid and the bottle, and get them to a good emergency room as fast as you can. (IANAMD - depending on circumstances, you may want to immediately induce vomiting, or call the local poison control center, or ...)

nailer 3y ago
Yes, there was a court case to get the report released. https://fluoridealert.org/articles/national-toxicology-program-finds-no-safe-level-of-fluoride-in-drinking-water-water-fluoridation-policy-threatened/ https://fluoridealert.org/articles/national-toxicology-progr... has some details on the circumstances.

Log_out_ 3y ago

So fluorid is in toothpaste? So non usage is associated with gum disease. Making this a 2nd order effect study of "will bacteria entering the bloodstream trough rotting tissue affect neural tissue?"

Liebnitz 3y ago

Wow... almost 1,600 pages. What a slog. I guess my question is to the OP: What is your purpose? Fear? Conspiracy? Troll? If you want that route, then include commentary on all the other poisonous things humans consume: Copper, Selenium, Chlorine, Sodium, even Arsenic, and etc. These are all elements or compounds or salts that are needed in the human body for it to live. Flouride is a monatomic anion of fluorine, a salt if you will, no different than Chlorine and Sodium as a salt. The data is incontrovertible that "Flouride" helps the human condition more that it hurts it.

nailer 3y ago
I submitted the article but I’m not the author, the report was created by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.