US Department of Health and Human Services report confirms fluoride exposure is associated with lower IQ in children

By Rhoda Wilson on August 29, 2024

This month, a long-delayed and censored report on the toxicity of fluoride was published by the US Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) National Toxicology Programme (“NTP”).

The report presents a comprehensive evaluation of the scientific evidence associating fluoride exposure with cognitive and neurodevelopmental health effects.

The NTP report was due to be published in May 2022 however senior officials at the HHS intervened and stopped it from being released. Over two years later it has now been published.

It suggests a link between fluoride exposure and lower intelligence quotient (“IQ”) in children. The report found that 72 studies examined the association, with 64 showing an inverse relationship. Even at lower concentrations, fluoride exposure was associated with lower IQ.

It has sparked debate due to its caveats, with some media downplaying the report’s significance. Meanwhile, the evidence continues to pile up that water fluoridation is causing harm to Americans

The long-delayed and censored final report from the US National Toxicology Programme (“NTP”) has found “moderate confidence” that fluoride exposure is “consistently associated with lower IQ in children.”

The NTP report has been the source of controversy over the last couple of years as it became clear that elements of the US government were seeking to prevent its release.

The NTP’s final report, also known as a monograph, reported that 72 studies examined the “association between fluoride exposure and IQ in children,” and 64 of those studied found “an inverse relationship associated between estimated fluoride exposure and IQ in children.”

Of the total 72 studies, the NTP considered 19 of those studies to be “high quality,” and of those high-quality studies, 18 “reported an inverse association between estimated fluoride exposure and IQ in children.”

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