"Tests of intelligence and brain function showed the same results whether or not people drank fluoridated water growing up, a highly anticipated, long-term study found.

The new research, published Monday in the respected Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood in the U.S. and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/fluoride-water-children-iq-brain-cognition-study-rfk-jr-rcna267328

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Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, major study shows

Despite the claims of RFK Jr. and others, tests of intelligence and brain function were the same whether or not people drank fluoridated water while growing up, new research shows.

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@bich @ewen it’s great that we have this study. Now, we need a more pointed one - correlating people’s preference for fluorinated or unfluorinated drinking water with IQ