October 4, 2021 note: this page is now out of date, as the evidence against fluoridation has continued to amass. I recommend visiting the Fluoride Action Network for update to date information.
In 2017 and 2018 high quality, U.S. government-funded studies published by an international team of top public health departments found that fluoride exposure during pregnancy is associated with lower IQs and increased ADHD symptoms.
The maternal fluoride exposures in these studies were very similar to those for pregnant women in Canadian fluoridated cities, reported by a team from York University in 2018.
This research prompted a series of Freedom of Information requests submitted by a Fluoride Free Peel associate to various institutions in Ontario, Alberta and Washington State, asking for the primary, peer-reviewed scientific studies relied upon when assuring the public that fluoridated water is a safe for everyone.
As expected, every single institution failed to provide, or cite, or point towards even one primary study showing evidence of safety during pregnancy with respect to childhood IQ or ADHD symptoms.
This is all the more disturbing given the fact that on Aug. 19 2019 another high quality, government funded study was published, indicating that higher fluoride exposure in pregnant Canadian women is associated with lower IQs in their children. You can access and read about that study here, or watch an interview with the lead author here.
Seven studies now suggest that fluoride exposure during pregnancy results in lowered IQs.
The U.S. National Toxicology Program (NTP) recently published a draft report that concluded fluoride is presumed to be a cognitive neurodevelopmental hazard to humans.
Click on the pages below to view the various responses we received to our information requests.
Click below for responses from the Windsor Essex County Health Unit and the Town of Tecumseh, Ontario.
To be uploaded soon: The City of Toronto’s shockingly evasive response
Bizarrely, City of Toronto Staff refused to even acknowledge our information request as a “legitimate” request. Needless to say, they provided/cited no primary research to suggest that fluoride exposure during pregnancy is safe with respect to childhood IQ or ADHD.