Pregnant? Researchers want you to know something about fluoride
LOS ANGELES -- Adding fluoride to drinking water is widely considered a triumph of public health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the cavity-prevention strategy ranks alongside the development of vaccines and the recognition of tobacco's dangers as signal achievements of the 20th century.
But new evidence from Los Angeles mothers and their preschool-age children suggests community water fluoridation may have a downside.
A published in JAMA Network Open links prenatal exposure to with an increased risk of neurobehavioral problems at age 3, including symptoms that characterize autism spectrum disorder. The association was seen among women who consumed fluoride in amounts that are considered typical in Los
