“Our meta-analysis confirms results of previous meta-analyses and extends them by including newer, more precise studies with individual-level exposure measures.
“The data support a consistent inverse association between fluoride exposure and children’s IQ …
“The results were robust to stratifications by risk of bias, gender, age group, outcome assessment, study location, exposure timing, and exposure type (including both drinking water and urinary fluoride).”
People on this site were mentioning the harmful effects of fluoride for years:
People on this site were mentioning the harmful effects of fluoride for years:
https://patrick.net/post/1208286/2012-01-31-population-dumbing-down-through
https://patrick.net/post/1221984/2013-02-18-leading-geneticist-human-intelligence
https://patrick.net/post/1227760/2013-08-02-crest-removes-poison-triclosan-from
https://patrick.net/post/1228112/2013-08-12-israel-court-rules-to-stop-water-fluoridation
https://patrick.net/post/1329135/2019-12-15-what-happens-when-they-take-the
General Jack T. Ripper was right after all.
And what would be even funnier, I guess, is if it turned out to have actually been a communist plot.