The following information is from Children’s Health Defense.

The FDA announced it is moving to remove concentrated fluoride prescription drugs for children from the market, citing safety concerns. These drugs—commonly prescribed to babies as young as 6 months old—were never formally approved by the agency or tested for safety.

Despite long-standing claims about fluoride’s dental benefits, recent scientific research shows fluoride only helps teeth topically. Ingesting it, however, has been linked to reduced IQ, behavioral issues, disruption of thyroid functioning and the gut microbiome, according to experts.

The fluoride supplements in question have been on the market since the 1940s, despite never undergoing FDA’s safety and effectiveness testing. Attorney Michael Connett, who has led legal challenges against fluoride, said the drugs were effectively grandfathered into use without formal review.

Before 1938, sodium fluoride wasn’t even used in dentistry. Instead, it was commonly used as a roach and rodent poison.

“The lie that previous administrations felt was ‘too big to fail’ is simply being revealed,”
—Stuart Cooper,  Fluoride Action Network

A 2011 Cochrane review found the risk-benefit ratio of fluoride supplements for young children remains unknown. It concluded that the supplements have limited benefit—if any—especially when children already use fluoridated toothpaste. Yet, organizations such as the American Dental Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics continue to recommend them for children as young as 6 months.

Recent developments in Utah and Florida , where water fluoridation has been banned, reflect growing pushback against forced fluoride exposure. Following a federal court ruling last year that found fluoride in water poses an “unreasonable risk” to children, dozens of US towns and two states have moved to end water fluoridation.

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