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Florida’s Top Health Official Advises State’s Communities to Stop Fluoridating Water
The merits of adding fluoride to public water supplies have been debated for decades, but concerns about fluoride in drinking water have rapidly escalated in recent years after a couple of major studies questioned the effects of ingested fluoride’s effect on children. In November, Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo recommended that Florida cities end the practice of adding fluoride to the state’s public water supplies, citing concerns about fluoride’s effects on children’s IQ levels, rates of ADHD, and potential for increased neurobehavioral problems in children whose mothers ingested fluoride during pregnancy. Watch the NBC News report to learn more: [...]
2025 Study Finds High Levels of Fluoride Exposure Lowers Children’s IQs
Study adds another chapter to national Fluoride debate According to a study published in JAMA Pediatrics, a meta-analysis of 74 existing studies (none of which were conducted in the U.S.) was undertaken in order to explore levels of fluoride exposure in drinking water and their effect—if any—on IQ levels in children. [...]
2024 Study: High Fluoride Levels Linked to Lower IQ in Children
Study Findings An August 2024 U.S. government study indicates a link between fluoride levels and IQ in children. A review was conducted of seventy-two studies from six different countries (Mexico, Canada, China, India, Pakistan and Iran) that assessed the association between fluoride exposure and IQ in children. Scientists concluded that drinking [...]
Despite the Rumors, Berkey® Water Systems is Not Going Out of Business
It is with deep sorrow that we learn that our longtime distributor BerkeyFilters.com is closing its doors. As you may know, New Millennium Concepts, Ltd. is currently suing the EPA for re-interpreting their rules for the express purpose of classifying Berkey® products alone as Pesticides. The EPA has not utilized this new [...]
What a TDS Meter Can (and Can’t) Tell You
A lot of people—and a number of water filter companies—would have you believe that TDS (total dissolved solids) meter readings are the best measure of water’s overall suitability for drinking, which is totally false. TDS meters are generally easy to use, and while they can tell you certain things [...]