{"id":3017,"date":"2011-08-13T08:10:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T22:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=3017"},"modified":"2011-08-13T08:10:09","modified_gmt":"2011-08-12T22:10:09","slug":"fluoride-is-classified-as-a-neurotoxin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=3017","title":{"rendered":"Fluoride is Classified as a Neurotoxin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) would have us all believe that fluoride is perfectly innocuous and safe, scientists from the EPA&#8217;s National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory have classified fluoride as a &#8220;chemical having substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity&#8221;. Consistent with the EPA&#8217;s conclusion, a continually growing body of human and animal research strongly suggests that fluoride can damage the developing brain.<br \/>\nConsider for example:<br \/>\n24 studies have now reported an association between fluoride exposure and reduced IQ in children<br \/>\nThree studies have reported an association between fluoride exposure and impaired neurobehavioral development<br \/>\nThree studies have reported damage to the brain of aborted fetuses in high fluoride areas, and<br \/>\nOver 100 laboratory studies have reported damage to the brain and\/or cognitive function among fluoride-exposed animals.<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2011\/08\/12\/fluoride-and-the-brain-no-margin-of-safety.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2011\/08\/12\/fluoride-and-the-brain-no-margin-of-safety.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) would have us all believe that fluoride is perfectly innocuous and safe, scientists from the EPA&#8217;s National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory have classified fluoride as a &#8220;chemical having substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity&#8221;. Consistent with the EPA&#8217;s conclusion, a continually growing body of human and animal &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=3017\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Fluoride is Classified as a Neurotoxin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}