Fluorinated water irreversibly destroys the brain
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Scientists from the Institute of Environmental Health Sciences recently published an article in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives confirming that the effect of fluoride on the human brain leads to irreversible disturbances in its development, which ultimately leads to a decrease in the level of IQ.
Researchers from the School of Public Health of Harvard University and the Chinese Medical University in Shenyang jointly studied the results of 27 different studies of the effects of fluoride exposure on people with an emphasis on the effect of fluoride on the formation of a child's body. Based on the results of the analysis, scientists state "clear signs" that the effect of fluorides greatly complicates the development of the brain, which affects most strongly in childhood.
Children living in areas where water is artificially enriched in fluoride had an IQ below the average statistical level. Analyzing other factors that could adversely affect the mental development of children, the team came to the conclusion that there is no doubt in the connection of fluorides with a decrease in the level of children's IQ.
"Our results confirm the hypothesis about the negative effect of fluoride on the development of the nervous system of children," the scholar from Harvard Anna Choi writes in her report with colleagues. "Fluoride easily penetrates the placenta. Fluorides affect the development of the developing brain, which is much more sensitive to the damaging effects of toxins than in adulthood. This can lead to damage that is permanent. "
Another study, presented in the same journal in 2010, showed a similar correlation between the effects of fluoride and the formation of cognitive abilities. Comparison of children aged 8 to 13 years living in two Chinese villages, one in which water is fluoridated and the other not, showed a 350% higher IQ in a village with non-fluorinated water compared to a village where the central water supply is fluorinated.
Further, scientists from India studied the ability of fluorides to overcome the cerebral barrier, penetrating from the blood into the brain "breaking its structures and influencing the functions of the nervous system." Their findings, published in the Journal of Medical and Allied Sciences, in particular explain the actual behavior of fluoride in the human body, what reactions it enters and how it eventually accumulates anywhere in the human body, including the brain.
"It seems completely pointless to expose our children to the threat of fluoridated water to the political interest of highly specialized groups," said Paul Beeber, attorney and president of the New York Coalition Opportunities for Fluoridation (NYSCOF). - Even if fluoridation prevents the destruction of teeth, is dental health more important than brain health? It's time to forget about politics and to prohibit the fluoridation of water everywhere, once and for all.
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