The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.

The paper is here

  • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    5 days ago

    Those kinds of issues would come into play if they were trying to establish a correlation between two things—it’s notoriously hard to eliminate confounding variables, spurious coincidences, etc.

    But it’s far more straightforward to establish a lack of correlation, which is what this study does.

      • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        5 days ago

        To fight forces like big oil, we need to be able to focus our efforts appropriately. Indiscriminately attributing everything to big oil serves their purposes as much as complacency does.

          • AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            5 days ago

            Now see, strokes are a different matter. Studies from China (where naturally-occurring fluoride levels in some places can range from 1.2 to 4.5 mg/L, far exceeding the U.S. recommended level of 0.7 mg/L) have indeed found a correlation between very high fluoride exposure and stroke risk.