fluoride
3 stories tagged "fluoride"
Investigations
A Memphis Team Linked Tap-Water Fluoride to Kids' Testosterone, Sodium, and Uric Acid
In 4,470 American children, each unit of predicted plasma fluoride from tap water tracked with a testosterone geometric mean ratio of 0.49, plus higher serum sodium and uric acid. The authors declared no external funding.
Metabolic & WeightWhat 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.