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That isn't what the article says. It isn't even evaluation of other people's research, let alone novel research in itself. It's a "perspective" article commenting on human behavior.

Meanwhile researchers who have conducted proper meta-analyses of the literature have come to a negative conclusion on this topic:

In conclusion, based on the totality of currently available scientific evidence, the present review does not support the presumption that fluoride should be assessed as a human developmental neurotoxicant at the current exposure levels in Europe.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32382957/



There have been a lot of studies done, dose-response studies too. It gets ignored in the US because of left-right polarization. Here are a few below. Believe what you want I guess but this is basically overwhelming evidence to me.

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-children...

https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucelee/2019/08/20/fluoride-an...

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18695947/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31424532/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5285601/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S08920...


Thanks, and you can believe what you want as well.

That said, let's note please that these are all associational, rather than cause-and-effect findings. The matter should definitely be explored further - but in my book I would need significant evidence of a causative relationship to check the "overwhelming evidence" box.




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