3 Topic Commentaries

Prenatal fluoride exposure may be linked to lower fluid reasoning

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  Philippe Grandjean, MD, DMSc

  Environmental health and neurotoxicology

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  Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  Fluoride seems to fit in with lead, mercury, and other poisons that cause chemical brain drain.

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  Ashley J. Malin, PhD

  Environmental epidemiology and child neurodevelopment

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  University of Florida, College of Public Health and Health Professions and College of Medicine

  There are no known benefits to the fetus from ingesting fluoride. And yet now we have several studies conducted in North America suggesting that there may be a pretty significant risk to the developing brain during that time.

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  Tracy Bastain, PhD

  Environmental health and population health sciences

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  Keck School of Medicine of USC

  Women with higher fluoride exposure levels in their bodies during pregnancy tended to rate their 3-year-old children higher on overall neurobehavioral problems and internalizing symptoms, including emotional reactivity, anxiety and somatic complaints.

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