fluoride
2 stories tagged "fluoride"
Metabolic & Weight
What Fluoride Does Once It Gets Past the Teeth
As Washington fights over whether to keep fluoridating tap water, the sharpest evidence on childhood fluoride and cardiovascular risk comes from places where the dose dwarfs anything out of a U.S. tap. The whole argument is about how much.
Metabolic & WeightFluoride and Kids' Hearts: The Reassuring Study Tested Water Below What US Taps Are Told to Add
Researchers measured fluoride and heart risk in 161 Iranian children, and the main analysis found no significant link. But they drank water below the level US taps are told to add, and a different adjustment flipped the numbers.