“Tipping Point” for Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies

Posted December 2nd, 2024
Fluoride

Group Concludes that Water Fluoridation Has Reached It’s “Tipping Point”

 

The Fluoride Action Network (FAN) issued the following statement in December of 2024:

 

We’ve reached the tipping point. Here’s what happened in 2024:

  • The largest study ever conducted on the effectiveness of fluoridation found essentially no reduction in tooth decay, no reductions in social inequalities, no reductions in missing teeth, and a net economic loss from the practice.
  • The first government-funded study looking at pregnant women living in a U.S. fluoridated community was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). It found a doubling of neurobehavioral problems for children born to mothers exposed to higher fluoride levels in optimally fluoridated Los Angeles, CA
  • The National Toxicology Program (NTP) published their systematic review after 8-years, finding a “large body” of evidence that fluoride exposure is “consistently associated with lower IQ in children.”
  • After our 7-year-long legal battle in federal court against the EPA over the neurotoxicity of fluoridation, the court ruled that there is “substantial and scientifically credible evidence” establishing that water fluoridation “poses an unreasonable risk of reduced IQ in children.” The ruling requires the EPA to take regulatory action to eliminate this risk.
  • The legal victory brought unprecedented media attention to FAN and to the dangers of water fluoridation. It made ending fluoridation a nationally discussed issue, gaining attention from decision makers at all levels of government, including the incoming presidential administration, and generated a wave of communities suspending or ending fluoridation that continues to grow with each day.
  • The Cochrane Collaboration published an updated assessment on the efficacy of water fluoridation. It found that effectiveness has declined to almost nothing over the past 50 years.
  • The Surgeon General of Florida–joined by other scientific and medical professionals–became the first state health official to hold a press conference calling for all communities to end fluoridation due to the health risks.

The Pure Water Gazette agrees that the tipping point has been reached with water fluoridation.  How much proof do you need?

 

Source: Fluoride Action Network.