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Fluoride also has been added to oral care products such as toothpaste and mouth rinse.In 2015, U.S. health officials lowered the recommended amount of fluoride in drinking water to 0.7 milligrams ...
For every small increase of fluoride found in kids' urine, Taylor wrote, “there is a decrease of 1.63 IQ points in children.” The researchers did not suggest that fluoride should be removed ...
A U.S. government report expected to stir debate concluded that fluoride in drinking water at twice the recommended limit is linked with lower IQ in children. The report, based on an analysis of ...
The dose that may lead to adverse health effects is about one fifth of the lethal dose. [69] Chronic excess fluoride consumption can lead to skeletal fluorosis, a disease of the bones that affects millions in Asia and Africa. [69] [70] The fluoride ion is readily absorbed by the stomach and intestines.
Fluoride therapy is the use of fluoride for medical purposes. [2] Fluoride supplements are recommended to prevent tooth decay in children older than six months in areas where the drinking water is low in fluoride. [3] It is typically used as a liquid, pill, or paste by mouth. [4] Fluoride has also been used to treat a number of bone diseases. [5]
Since 2015, the Public Health Service has pegged the "optimal" concentration of fluoride at 0.7 mg/L, the equivalent of about 3 drops of fluoride in a 55-gallon barrel. (Prior to that, the target ...
The World Health Organization has set a safe limit for fluoride in drinking water of 1.5. The report said that about 0.6% of the U.S. population — about 1.9 million people — are on water systems with naturally occurring fluoride levels of 1.5 milligrams or higher.
Although fluoride is safe for dental health at low concentrations, [1] sustained consumption of large amounts of soluble fluoride salts is dangerous. Referring to a common salt of fluoride, sodium fluoride (NaF), the lethal dose for most adult humans is estimated at 5 to 10 g (which is equivalent to 32 to 64 mg elemental fluoride/kg body weight).