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Multiple independent reporting projects, environmental tests and city statements indicate hexachloroethane-containing “HC” smoke grenades were deployed against protesters in several U.S. cities during...
The claim "fluoride makes people stupid" is ; most authoritative reviews find no clear link between community water fluoridation at recommended levels and reduced IQ, though some studies report possib...
Acute fluoride poisoning is rare but can be life‑threatening: multiple clinical reviews put adult lethal doses in the gram range (often cited as roughly 5–10 g, with lower thresholds reported) and chi...
Fluoride in drinking water can protect teeth at low levels — U.S. policy recommends about 0.7 mg/L — but multiple recent government reviews say higher concentrations (above about 1.5 mg/L) are associa...
Recent systematic reviews and government monographs find a consistent inverse association between higher fluoride exposures and children’s IQ in the epidemiological literature, particularly at fluorid...
Major recent systematic reviews and a U.S. government monograph find associations between higher total fluoride exposure and lower childhood IQ, with the National Toxicology Program (NTP) concluding w...
Debate over adding fluoride to public water has surged because recent court and federal actions flagged potential neurodevelopmental risks while long-standing public-health authorities stress dental b...
Debate over fluoride — long used in toothpaste and public water to prevent cavities — has become intensely political and legal in 2024–2025 after a federal judge found potential neurodevelopmental ris...
Recent government reviews find that relatively high fluoride exposure — roughly ≥1.5 milligrams per liter in drinking water — is associated with lower IQ scores in children, while routine U.S. communi...
Fluoride is broadly endorsed by major health organizations as , but higher or unmonitored exposures can cause harm, notably dental fluorosis and potential neurodevelopmental effects at elevated concen...
Fluoride in community water supplies reduces tooth decay but recent studies and reviews have raised credible concerns about potential at higher exposures; experts disagree about whether levels used in...