Fluoride and Intelligence

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Several other studies link fluoride exposure to adverse effects on intelligence.

One investigation conducted in China measured the intelligence of children aged

8 to 13 with non, slight, medium, and serious fluorosis.

 

It demonstrated a 15-19 point decrease in IQ among children in the fluorosis

area as compared with the non-fluorosis area.(196)

 

Another study of children's intelligence and the metabolism of iodine and

fluorine, also in China, revealed that exposure to high levels of fluoride

produced increased prevalence of thyroid enlargement (29.8%) and dental

fluorosis (72.9%), and a slightly lower average IQ as compared to control areas.

 

The IQ differential was more pronounced (16.8%) when lower intelligence children

were studied separately.(197) Paul Connett cites a recent review by the Greater

Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility which found that fluoride interferes

with brain function in young animals and children.(198)

 

Enzyme Toxicity and Genetic Damage

 

Fluoride is a potent enzyme poison. Enzymes are special types of proteins, known

as catalysts, that trigger thousands of chemical reactions in the body. Enzymes

are vital to our very existence, writes Dr. Anthony Cichoke: 'During every

moment of our lives, enzymes keep us going. At this very instant, millions of

tiny enzymes are working throughout your body causing reactions to take place.

You couldn't breathe, hold or turn the pages of this book, read its words, eat a

meal, taste the food, or hear a telephone ring without enzymes. Even minute

doses of 1 ppm of fluoride could prevent essential biological reactions from

taking place. " (199)

 

While the mechanisms of enzyme destruction were not well understood in the

1940's and 50's, scientists now believe that it could be due to fluoride's

interference with magnesium, a vital cofactor needed by many enzymes to perform

catalytic functions. Another reason could be fluoride's ability to form strong

bonds with hydogen. Hydrogen, a strongly positive element, binds easily with the

strong negatively-charged fluoride. Dr. Paul Connett explains: " Hydrogen bonding

is at the very heart and soul of biochemistry. Protein structure and function

revolve around hydrogen bonds. Hydrogen gives shape, and that shape can be

easily manipulated with little energy. Enzymes usually catalyze around hydrogen

bonds. In addition, the two strands of DNA are held together with hydrogen

bonds. So, you're striking at the very heart of biology. It's a huge red flag to

be extremely careful about introducing fluoride to any living system.(200)

 

While critics argue that only high doses cause such effects, studies suggest

that even a supposedly " safe " concentration of 1 ppm of fluoride added to

drinking water is able to interfere with critical biological functions. This was

demonstrated in 1977 at Austria's Siebersdorf Research Center by Dr. W. Klein

and colleagues, who found that even this low dose inhibited DNA repair enzyme

activity by 50 percent and caused genetic and chromosome damage.(201) A similar

study conducted at the University of Missouri confirmed these results.(202)

Scientists at Poland's Pomeranian Medical Academy found that as little as 0.6

ppm of fluoride produced chromosomal damage to human white blood cells.(203)

 

Sperm cells displayed " a highly significant increase in mutation " after being

treated with fluoride at Holland's Leiden University.(204) And studies at

Germany's Central Laboratory for Mutagenicity Testing(205) and by Drs.

Yiamouyannis and Burk at Columbia University(206) showed that it also caused

genetic damage to eggs in both insects and laboratory animals.

 

 

 

 

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