Fluoride levels used in Harvard study comparable to those used in U.S.

(NaturalNews) Intense industry pressure to continue mass medicating Americans with fluoride chemicals via public water supplies has apparently influencedresearchers to backtrack on a recent study they conducted that verified fluoride chemicals lower IQ levels in children. We are now being told, and that Americans need not worry about ingesting and bathing in the toxic brew here in the states.A recent pro-fluoride article published by the industry-backedpetitions Wichitans, who will soon vote on whether or not to fluoridate their local water supply,to oppose the city's upcoming fluoride measure based on thestudy because the study's findings allegedly only apply to Chinese children. The piece encourages Wichitans to essentially, or at least pretend as though none of it applies to them.And the reason these pro-fluoride fanatics are using to make the ridiculous claim that thestudy's findings do not apply in the U.S. is that the fluoride levels evaluated in China were supposedly far higher than they typically are in domestic water supplies. Thus, consuming or bathing in fluoridated municipal water poses little risk, they say, so drink up!But is this even true? Thereview, which was published in the journal, includes a comparison of IQ levels among children living in a village with an average fluoride concentration of 0.36 milligrams per liter (mg/L) to the IQ levels of children in another village with a fluoride concentration of 2.47 mg/L. Clearly, neither of these levels is above the federal government's maximum allowable concentration of 4 mg/L. ( http://www.prnewswire.com A 2.47 mg/L concentration of fluoride, which is considered "high," is hardly "ten times what we see here in the U.S.," an erroneous claim made by pro-fluoride fanatic Larry Hund, a Wichita-based pediatrician and leader of, the primary group in Wichita pushing for water fluoridation. Some U.S. cities, in fact, have fluoride levels that exceed the 2.47 mg/L level of fluoride evaluated in thestudy, which meansin the current debate over whether or not to fluoridate. ( http://www.thenewamerican.com Even if you buy into the claim that the roughly 0.7 mg/L of fluoride that Wichita plans to add to its water supply is less than what was used in thefluoride study, there is still no solid evidence proving that even this lower level is safe. Since fluoride tends toover time,of repeated exposure appears to be dangerous, not to mention the fact that the jury is still out about whether or not ingesting fluoride provides any legitimate oral health benefits whatsoever."The key takeaway for me in the () study is, one, they didn't rule out the danger (of fluoride), and two, they said further research is necessary," said Don Landis, a spokesman for the group. "That's what we're saying; the science is not settled. No research is done on low-dosage fluoride, (and) thestudy is very valuable in pointing that out."To learn more about the dangers of fluoride, visit: