Pamela Den Besten

Jan 11, 2025 | jamanetwork.com | Bruce P. Lanphear |Simon FRASER |Christine Till |Pamela Den Besten

Time to Reassess Systemic Fluoride Exposure, Again In 2015, the US Public Health Service lowered the recommended concentration of fluoride in drinking water, from a range of 0.7 to 1.2 mg/L to 0.7 mg/L, to reduce the risk of dental fluorosis while conserving its protective effect against dental caries.1 In that same year, the US National Toxicology Program (NTP), a federal program established to study the health effects of chemicals, began a systematic review and meta-analysis to assess the...