Elevated prenatal exposure to fluoride was associated with increased risk of neurobehavioral problems in 3-year-olds, according to a study of children in 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.
What interested the researchers was whether there was any correlation between a child's risk of having clinical or borderline clinical behavioral problems and the amount of fluoride in his or her mother's urine during pregnancy.
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