This is not the first study – but a follow up one that confirms earlier findings:
‘A recently published Harvard University meta-analysis funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has concluded that children who live in areas with highly fluoridated water have “significantly lower” IQ scores than those who live in low fluoride areas.’
It’s not the only problem with fluoride – it has also been demonstrated to cause childhood bone cancer. (That is why, ever so quietly, fluoride was removed from children’s toothpaste…)
And, perhaps most ironic finding of them all is that too much flouride actually increases – yes, increases – the probability of getting cavities!
Yes – you read correctly: a little bit of fluoride reduces the incidence of cavities – but more than a little bit, and the cavities are more frequent than they would have been with no fluoride at all! Plus, you get all the side-effects…
Of course, fluoride is also used as prescription medication to reduce the function of the thyroid – making people more tired, sluggish, fat and, yes, apathetic…
Now, we can add ‘making us dumber’ to the list of side effects this government-enforced medication-in-the-water scheme is causing….it sounds like ‘the government is putting poison in my coffee’ line is not ‘Paranoia’ after all!!!
Xanthippa's Chamberpot 
August 17, 2012 at 20:37
You said it right. Only an excessive amount will harm you. A small amount of it isn’t harmful. Some activists are insistent that our drinking water will kill us, but they need to understand the PPM ratio isn’t that high.
Xanthippa says:
Well, actually, I did not say that a small amount isn’t harmful.
I said that a small amount helps reduce cavities in teeth – while a larger amount actually increases the incidence of cavities.
All, even small amounts, cause childhood bone cancer.
And all, even small amounts, reduce the function of your thyroid – which tends to make people tired, sluggish and heavy…
I don’t think it is a good idea for the government to put prescription medication into the water supply, with only a guess how much each person usually drinks to ‘control’ the dose…