Federal agencies are reexamining water fluoridation safety following a 2024 report linking high fluoride levels to lower IQ in children.
The EPA released a new protocol to study fluoride’s effects on children’s brain development and dental fluorosis.
A federal court ruled that current fluoridation levels pose an unreasonable risk of reduced IQ in children.
The chemicals used for fluoridation are industrial byproducts containing trace amounts of arsenic, lead, and aluminum.
Fewer than an eighth of the world’s countries fluoridate water, with most of Western Europe banning the practice.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken a major step toward determining whether the fluoride added to most Americans’ tap water poses a danger to children’s developing brains, announcing a new scientific protocol that will examine links between fluoride exposure and reduced IQ. The move comes as mounting research—including studies funded by the National Institutes of Health and a landmark federal court ruling—has forced regulators to accelerate a review originally not due until 2030.
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