About 209 million Americans receive fluoridated water in their taps, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has said he’d like to see that number fall to zero, in part due to concerns over “IQ loss.” The JAMA Pediatrics report is …
CNN — A rigorous nine-year research review looking at the relationship between fluoride and intelligence in children concludes that as fluoride levels rise, IQ drops. In a second analysis of studies with group-level measurements of fluoride in urine and water, the researchers found a slightly more than 2-point drop in IQ between the highest and lowest fluoride levels. When they …
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The biggest drop was in people aged 18-22 and those who are less well-educated IQ points in the US have declined between 2006 and 2018, scientists found IQ scores in the US have dropped for the first time in nearly 100 years, new research has indicated. Those aged 18-22 saw the the biggest drop in IQ tests between 2006 and …
