Another victory for the conspiracy theorists …

A new report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finds that high levels of fluoride in drinking water lead to reduced intelligence in children.

The federal report released Wednesday confirms a theory long advocated by independent journalists and media commentators – a theory that has been dismissed in the past as a baseless conspiracy.

“Since 1945, the use of fluoride has been a successful public health initiative to reduce dental caries and improve the overall oral health of adults and children,” the National Toxicology Program (NTP) report states. “The NTP monograph concluded that higher fluoride exposure, such as drinking water containing more than 1.5 milligrams of fluoride per liter, is associated with lower IQ in children.”

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Examining data from Canada, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Mexico, the federal study found that fluoride exposure above the World Health Organization’s (WHO) recommended limit of 1.5 mg of fluoride per liter of water is associated with lower IQ in children.

In the United States, fluoride has been intentionally added to drinking water at the federal level since 1950 because of its beneficial effects on dental health. The recommendation is therefore not to increase fluoride levels above 0.7 mg/l.

The study was unable to clarify whether negative cognitive effects are also caused by the values ​​recommended in the USA. The reason given was “insufficient data”.

However, the NTP claimed it found no adverse effects of fluoride exposure in adults, although it is unclear whether the damage caused by fluoride in childhood persists into adulthood.

However, American children may be exposed to far higher levels of fluoride than even the WHO recommends.

In the United States, the standard level of fluoride in public water is typically less than 0.7 milligrams per liter. However, there are several reports of cases where much higher concentrations of fluoride reached the final consumer in Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, the Dakotas, Arizona, Nevada, Florida and South Carolina – in most cases due to naturally present fluoride.

Currently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) only requires that fluoride levels in the water system be below 4 mg/L, which is significantly higher than the 1.5 mg/L at which cognitive damage has been found.

Despite its findings, the NTP did not make any recommendations regarding possible changes to U.S. policy regarding drinking water fluoridation.

In Maine, the state recommends a concentration of 0.5 to 1.2 milligrams per liter for the state’s 65 public utilities that fluoridate their customers’ drinking water. The state’s maximum contaminant level (MCL) for fluoride is 0.4 milligrams per liter.

The Maine CDC’s website on the health effects of fluoride does not currently list any concerns about the effects of high levels of fluoride on children’s intelligence.

The study followed years of mainstream media claims that anyone who questions the safety and wisdom of intentionally adding fluoride to the drinking water supply is a crazy conspiracy theorist.

In February, independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. announced on X that if he were elected president, he would direct the Centers for Disease Control to remove fluoride from American drinking water.

“As president, I will direct the CDC to take all necessary steps to remove neurotoxic fluoride from America’s drinking water,” Kennedy said on X.

Although Kennedy cited the testimony of a Harvard professor to support his claim that fluoride is a neurotoxin, he was ridiculed by FactCheck.org, which refuted his claims and argued that the chemical additive was completely harmless and beneficial.

The mainstream media has been trying for years to convince the public that there is no reason to question the widespread use of fluoride. For example, a 2017 report by fact-checking organization Snopes flatly denied that fluoride leads to lower IQ.