Pregnancy and Fluoride Do Not Mix

The extensive scientific evidence gathered in this volume reinforces why we can no longer ignore the fact that in fluoridated communities, babies in the womb are being exposed to fluoride levels above safety thresholds established for young children.

When a pregnant woman consumes fluoride, so does her baby. With every three cups of optimally fluoridated tap water a mother drinks, she consumes 0.5 mg of fluoride. Fetal fluoride levels average two-thirds of maternal levels, so her baby in the womb receives about 0.3 mg of fluoride.

• If a baby weighing less than six pounds receives 0.3 mg of fluoride in one day, this dosage exceeds its "Tolerable Upper Intake Level," beyond which "the risk of adverse effects increases." (Institute of Medicine, 1997)

• If a child 3 to 6 years old swallows more than 0.25 mg of fluoride in a pea-sized dab of toothpaste, the most that should be used for brushing, parents are warned to: "Get medical help or contact a Poison Control Center right away." (FDA, 1997)

• "The immature nervous system of an embryo or fetus is even more vulnerable to toxic exposures than is that of an infant." - National Scientific Council on the Developing Child (2009)

• A team of researchers at the EPA found "substantial evidence" that fluoride is a "developmental neurotoxicant" in the same category with alcohol, chlorpyrifos, lead, mercury, and nicotine. (Neurotoxicology Division, 2009)

This is just the tip of the iceberg. Pregnancy and Fluoride Do Not Mix explores the iceberg and explains the numerous biological mechanisms linking prenatal fluoride and adverse pregnancy complications for mother and child. Four years in the making, this concise yet well-documented volume (300 references, mostly PubMed) includes MacArthur's three comprehensive reports published by the Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine

Fluoride, Premature Birth and Impaired Neurodevelopment
A global review of recent laboratory, clinical, and ecological evidence that fluoride is a significant risk factor for premature birth and long-term neurological disabilities in children.

Placental Fluorosis: Fluoride and Preeclampsia
Recent research and diverse evidence implicate fluoride and fluorosis in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia, the dangerous pregnancy complication caused by the abnormal placenta.

Prenatal Fluoride and Autism
Fluoride swallowed in amniotic fluid may disrupt colonization and composition of bacteria in the fetal microbiome and adversely affect neurological and immunological development.

Inform and hold accountable those responsible for adding fluoride to your drinking water. Legislators and health professionals must no longer have an excuse to promote, condone, or ignore the dangers of fluoridation.

To knowingly overexpose our most vulnerable children to a developmental neurotoxicant is unforgivable.