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No Evidence Fluoride In Drinking Water Harms IQ, Finds Decades-Long Study


There is no evidence that adding low levels of fluoride to community drinking water affects children's IQ or brain function later in life, according to a new study that tracked more than 10,000 people from their teen years through to old age.

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