The Smallest Victims of Arsenic How a Poison in Our Water Reveals a Missed Opportunity

The Smallest Victims of Arsenic
At lower doses, arsenic works slowly, quietly increasing the risk of lung cancer, diabetes, and heart disease. These aren’t rare outcomes; they touch nearly every family, often without anyone realizing that a poison in the water may have helped set them in motion.

Sweet Deception: The Framing of Fluoride How the Kellogg Foundation helped turn a dietary crisis into a chemical solution.

Sweet Deception: The Framing of Fluoride
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Smart! There was a recent lawsuit over fluoride and neurotoxicity. This is the verdict: www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

You should probably read the lawsuit, "Plaintiffs have proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that water fluoridation
at the level of 0.7 mg/L–the prescribed optimal level of fluoridation in the United States–presents an “unreasonable risk of injury to health"... www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

You read the verdict? "Plaintiffs have proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that water fluoridation at the level of 0.7 mg/L – the prescribed optimal level of fluoridation in the United States – presents an “unreasonable risk of injury to health" www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...

Op-ed: It is time to protect kids’ developing brains from fluoride Mounting evidence suggests fluoride may be hampering brain development and reducing kids' IQ. The US needs to rethink this exposure for pregnant women and children.

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Fluoride wasn’t “got rid of” for cavities — it was removed because a federal court ruled it poses an unreasonable risk to the developing brain. Neurotoxicity > tooth myths.

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If fluoride were truly “one of the most studied health issues in history,” the U.S. EPA wouldn’t have just lost a 7-year federal TSCA trial showing that fluoridation at 0.7 mg/L poses an unreasonable risk to the developing brain, using the government’s own NIH-funded studies.

If you want to understand the fluoride controversy from the inside — from scientists, doctors, EPA insiders, and people like us who lived the fallout — this book is essential.
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Sweet Deception: The Framing of Fluoride How the Kellogg Foundation helped turn a dietary crisis into a chemical solution.

Dr. Lanphear has been writing articles about fluoride the past few months. This is his publication today: blanphear.substack.com/p/sweet-dece...

If you look at US kid's fluoride urine levels you can see there is no dose control. www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/17...

The Unbiased Science Podcast has a history of receiving funding from fluoride-promotion groups, and her content reflects that bias. Arcora was actively seeking pro-fluoride voices to produce astroturf pieces—and she fit the bill perfectly.

The Fluoride Deception: How a Nuclear Waste Byproduct Made Its Way Into the Nation’s Drinking Water Journalist Christopher Bryson claims in his new book “The Fluoride Deception” that the post-war campaign to fluoridate drinking water was less a public health innovation than a public relations ploy s...

Since WWII, our drinking water got more than just minerals—by‑products of nuclear and phosphate industries flowed in too. www.democracynow.org/2004/6/17/th...

Fluorosilicic acid—not a natural mineral—is what’s added to most U.S. water. It’s an industrial byproduct of phosphate fertilizer production, not “naturally occurring,” and it exposes people to a neurotoxic chemical, not just a cavity-preventing mineral.

“Safe for all” is false. Studies show even the US-recommended 0.7 mg/L can harm developing brains. Saying “everything is toxic at the wrong dose” ignores that current exposure already exceeds safe levels for infants and children.

Fluoride isn’t a miracle. Countries that stopped fluoridation saw no spike in cavities, and dental health improved with modern care. Fluoride benefits are overstated, while neurotoxic risks to kids are ignored. Comparing it to seatbelts is fear-mongering, not science.

The 0.7 mg/L “safe” level is outdated and ignores modern science. People now get fluoride from water, toothpaste, foods, and beverages. Even at 0.7 mg/L, studies show neurotoxic effects in children. This guideline protects teeth, not brains.

Toothpaste only protects teeth while brushing, and not everyone uses it correctly—or at all. Water fluoridation gives systemic exposure, which studies show can harm developing brains. Saying toothpaste + water is “most effective” ignores real health risks.

FDA restricted fluoride supplements because of safety risks to infants, not because someone “pushed a crusade.” ADA objections are just old endorsements. Rural kids already have high decay despite fluoridation—so blaming this change is just fear-spinning.

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Poughkeepsie NY stopped fluoridation in 2008. Yet, third-graders cavity rates declined steadily – 61% in 2013; 51% in June 2014; 45% in October 2014; and 31% in 2015, according to NYU researchers. apha.confex.com/apha/144am/m...

Patterns of dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation - PubMed Our results suggest a complicated pattern of disease following cessation of fluoridation. Multiple sources of fluoride besides water fluoridation have made it more difficult to detect changes in the epidemiological profile of a population with generally low caries experience, and living in an afflue …

In British Columbia, Canada, “the prevalence of caries decreased over time in the fluoridation-ended community while remaining unchanged in the fluoridated community,” reported in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11153562/

The effects of a break in water fluoridation on the development of dental caries and fluorosis - PubMed Durham, NC, fluoridated since 1962, had an 11-month cessation of fluoridation between September, 1990, and August, 1991. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of this break on the development of caries and fluorosis in children. Study participants were continuously-resident children in …

Not only did decay rates remain stable during an 11-month fluoridation break in Durham, NC, between September, 1990, and August, 1991 but dental fluorosis declined in children born during that period, according to the Journal of Dental Research. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10728978/

Decline of caries prevalence after the cessation of water fluoridation in the former East Germany - PubMed In contrast to the anticipated increase in dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation in the cities Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt) and Plauen, a significant fall in caries prevalence was observed. This trend corresponded to the national caries decline and appeared to be a new p …

Additional surveys in the formerly-fluoridated towns of Spremberg and Zittau found. “Caries levels for the 12-year-olds of both towns significantly decreased… following the cessation of water fluoridation.” pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11014515/

Decline of caries prevalence after the cessation of water fluoridation in the former East Germany - PubMed In contrast to the anticipated increase in dental caries following the cessation of water fluoridation in the cities Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt) and Plauen, a significant fall in caries prevalence was observed. This trend corresponded to the national caries decline and appeared to be a new p …

East German scientists report, “following the cessation of water fluoridation in the cities Chemnitz (formerly Karl-Marx-Stadt) and Plauen, a significant fall in caries prevalence was observed,” according to Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11014515/

Caries prevalence after cessation of water fluoridation in La Salud, Cuba - PubMed In the past, caries has usually increased after cessation of water fluoridation. More recently an opposite trend could be observed: DMFT remaining stable or even decreasing further. The aim of the present study conducted in La Salud (Province of Habana) in March 1997 was to analyse the current carie …

Seven years after fluoridation ended in LaSalud, Cuba, cavities remained low in 6 to 9 year olds, decreased in 10 to 11 year-olds, significantly decreased in 12 to 13 year olds, while caries-free children increased dramatically, reports Caries Research. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10601780/

Caries trends 1992-1998 in two low-fluoride Finnish towns formerly with and without fluoridation - PubMed Water fluoridation in Kuopio, Finland, was stopped at the end of 1992. In our previous study, no increase in caries was found in Kuopio 3 years after the discontinuation of water fluoridation. The aim of the present study was to further observe the occurrence and distribution of caries in Kuopio and …

“No increase in caries (cavities) was found in Kuopio (Finland) 3 years after the discontinuation of water fluoridation,”.... "...cavity rates in both towns either remained the same or decreased six years after fluoridation was stopped in Kuopio. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11093019/

A lot changed between your grandpa’s era and yours — dentistry, nutrition, sealants, hygiene, access to care. We don’t pull teeth for every ache anymore. The FDA didn’t restrict fluoride supplements because they “worked,” but because after decades there was still no proof they were safe or effective

A lot of us were put on fluoride supplements back then — but that’s exactly why the FDA finally reviewed the evidence. After 80+ years, there was still no proof they were safe or effective for kids. The new restrictions aren’t “ridiculous”; they’re what happens when science finally catches up.