References

for FluorideWORST brochure

The Experiment on Kinston’s Kids

The experiment: https://waterbeststudy.com/

National Institute of Health Guidelines: NIH, https://www.ecfr.gov/on/2018-07-19/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-46#sp45.1.46.a, Section 46.111

NIH Guiding Principles for Ethical Research, https://www.nih.gov/health-information/nih-clinical-research-trials-you/guiding-principles-ethical-research; and NIH Patient Recruitment Ethical Guidelines, https://www.cc.nih.gov/recruit/ethics.html.

Just Like Lead, Fluoride Harms Brains

Over 70 studies: Fluoride Action Network, https://fluoridealert.org/studies/brain01/
Internationally-known scientists:

Christine Till, PhD, Canada’s CTV, 2019: “4.5 points is a dramatic loss of IQ, comparable to what you’d see with lead exposure.” https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/higher-fluoride-levels-during-pregnancy-may-be-linked-with-lower-iq-scores-in-kids-study-1.4555550

Dimitiri Christakis, MD, MPH and Frederick Rivara, MD, MPH, JAMA editors on their podcast (around 4:25), 2019: (The 4.5 IQ loss is) “An effect size which is sizeable – on par with lead.” http://fluoridealert.org/articles/greenfluorideiq/

David Bellinger, PhD, MSc, on NPR, 2019: “It’s actually very similar to the effect size that’s seen with childhood exposure to lead.” https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/08/19/752376080/can-maternal-fluoride-consumption-during-pregnancy-lower-childrens-intelligence

Philippe Grandjean, PhD, Harvard School of Public Health, 2012: “Fluoride seems to fit in with lead, mercury and other poisons that cause chemical brain drain.” https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/

National Research Council: National Research Council, Fluoride in Drinking Water, 2006: https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/11571/fluoride-in-drinking-water-a-scientific-review-of-epas-standards

What Leaders Say

Linda Birnbaum: Environmental Health News, Oct. 7, 2020: https://www.ehn.org/fluoride-and-childrens-health-2648120286.html

Gerald Durley: Personal correspondence, Aug. 22, 2022

Dimitri Christakis: IQ loss on a par with lead, Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics podcast, 2019: https://edhub.ama-assn.org/jn-learning/audio-player/17802991

Would not want his wife drinking fluoridated water, Washington Post, Aug. 19, 2019: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/08/19/study-raises-questions-about-fluoride-childrens-iq/

Ralph Mensah: Personal correspondence, Aug. 8, 2022

Know The Facts

Participants not being warned of health risks: WaterBEST Parental Consent Form, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, https://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/waterBEST.parental-permission-adult-consent-form.12-17.21.pdf

Participants harmed by the study won’t be compensated: Same as above, https://fluoridealert.org/wp-content/uploads/waterBEST.parental-permission-adult-consent-form.12-17.21.pdf

Study’s leader paid $22,400 to defend fluoridation: Fluoride Action Network, https://fluoridealert.org/researchers/unethical-human-experiment-in-lenoir-county-nc/the-first-letter-of-concern-sent-to-the-irb-members/