[[{“value”:”A recent study suggests that expectant women who are exposed to high levels of fluoride are more likely to have children with behavioral issues.
According to the New York Post, the research suggested children in the womb exposed to higher amounts of fluoride “were more possible to experience temper tantrums, headaches, stomachaches, anxiety and symptoms linked to autism”.
Fluoride in pregnancy may harm child’s brain development: study https ://t.co/PG1Rw9qAwf pic. twitter.com/RdcYfPuGVt
— New York Post ( @nypost ) May 20, 2024
From the New York Post:
Older study author Tracy Bastain, an associate professor of clinical population and public health sciences at the University of Southern California’s Keck School of Medicine, stated that exposure to fluoride during pregnancy does not mean that a child will have greater neurodevelopmental issues.
More studies are needed to establish a direct link, she explained, but we found an association between higher prenatal exposure and more neurodevelopmental problems at age 3.
The MADRES Center for Environmental Health Disparities at USC provided the study’s data.
MADRES follows mostly Hispanic Los Angeles families from conception to childhood.
Researchers compared the fluoride exposure to urine samples taken from 229 expectant mothers during their second trimester.
Fluoride in the water has been linked to headaches, temper issues, and anxiety in young children as young as three, according to experts who claim that high levels of exposure to pregnancy could pose a “risk to the developing brain” https ://t.co/jqjCcbLNxk pic. twitter.com/nHIiwJ7YxM
— Daily Mail Online ( @MailOnline ) May 20, 2024
The study authors said children whose mothers had higher levels of fluoride were 83 % more likely to show “internalizing” behavioral problems.
WATCH:
A recently released University of Southern California study found that female women exposed to fluoride have an increased risk of their child developing behavioural issues, according to a CBS Los Angeles article. pic. twitter.com/ql7m5SjGvM
— Fluoride Action Network ( @FluorideAction ) May 21, 2024
Per Daily Mail:
What led some women in the study to have higher fluoride levels than others is unknown. Drinking tap water versus filtered water, consuming specific foods, and using some medical products are all possible causes of increased fluoride exposure.
Direct investigator Ashley Malin, an assistant professor in epidemiology at the University of Florida College of Public Health, said their findings suggested there may be a connection between fluoride exposure and foetal brain development.
Although there is no known benefit to the developing foetus from consuming fluoride, she said,” We do know that there is probably a risk to their developing brain.”
According to their mother’s reports,” we found that roughly twice the odds of children scoring in the scientific or unstable clinical range for neurobehavioral problems at age 3 were associated with each 0. 68 milligram per litre increase in fluoride levels in the urine of pregnant women,” according to our study.
She continued, adding that the findings were concerning and hoped they would inspire policymakers to make specific recommendations for fluoride exposure in pregnancy.
Conducting a comprehensive US study on this subject would be critical, but I believe the findings of the most recent studies from Canada and Mexico indicate that this issue is actually concerning.
Some local governments have stopped fluoridating their water supply because of the negative health risks that fluoride poses. As 100 Half Fed Up has noted,
City Council Votes To Cease Water Fluoridation
Anxious Residents in North Carolina Votes to Ban Fluoride from The Water Supply Cite a Study demonstrating Children’s Negative Effects.
The study was published on Monday in the JAMA Network Open.”}]] [[{“value”:”
According to a new study, pregnant women exposed high levels of fluoride have a higher risk of having children with behavioral issues.
According to The New York Post, research suggests that children exposed to high levels of fluoride in the womb are more likely to have temper tantrums and experience headaches, stomachaches and anxiety.
Fluoride in pregnancy may harm child’s brain development: study https://t.co/PG1Rw9qAwf pic.twitter.com/RdcYfPuGVt
New York Post (@nypost), May 20, 2024
The New York Post
The Post reported that “exposure to fluoride in pregnancy does not mean a child will have greater neurobehavioral issues,” said Tracy Bastain. She is an associate professor of clinical public health and population sciences at the Keck School of medicine of the University of Southern California.
She explained that “we found an association between higher levels of prenatal exposure and neurobehavioral issues at age 3, but further studies are needed to establish the causal link.”
The MADRES Center for Environmental Health Disparities at USC provided the data for this study.
MADRES follows a majority Hispanic family in Los Angeles, from pregnancy to childhood.
Researchers calculated fluoride levels from urine samples collected during the third trimester from 229 mothers.
Fluoride in the water linked to anxiety, temper problems and headaches in children as young as three, with experts claiming exposure high levels in pregnancy could be a ‘risk to the developing brain’ https://t.co/jqjCcbLNxk pic.twitter.com/nHIiwJ7YxM
Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline), May 20, 2024
The authors of the study found that children whose mothers were fluoridated at higher levels were 83% more prone to “internalizing behavioral problems”.
WATCH:
CBS LOS ANGELES – “A newly released University of Southern California Study found that pregnant women who are exposed to fluoride may have a higher risk of having a child with behavioral problems.” pic.twitter.com/ql7m5SjGvM
Fluoride Action Network @FluorideAction May 21, 2024
Daily Mail:
It’s not clear what caused some women to have higher levels of fluoride than others. Fluoride exposure can be increased by drinking tap water instead of filtered water, eating certain foods and using some dental products.
Ashley Malin, assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Florida College of Public Health and lead investigator, said that their findings indicated a link between fluoride exposure during pregnancy and foetal development.
She said that although there is no benefit to the developing foetus from fluoride, we do know it could be harmful to their developing brain.
According to their mothers’ reports, we found that every 0.68 milligrams per litre increase of fluoride in the urine of pregnant women was associated with a nearly two-fold increase in the odds that children would score in the clinical or borderline range for neurobehavioral issues at age 3.
She said the findings were alarming and hoped that they would inspire policymakers into creating specific recommendations for fluoride in pregnancy.
She said that a national study in the US on this topic is important, but the findings of her current study, as well as recent studies from Canada, and Mexico, suggest there’s a real problem here.
As 100 Percent Frustrated has noted, some local government have taken action to stop fluoridating the water supply due to harmful health risks of fluoride.
City Council Votes to Stop Water Fluoridation
Residents are concerned about the effects of fluoride on children.
The study was published in JAMA Network Open on Monday.
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