Not sure if 5 points on IQ is significant and would be quite hard to measure IMHO. In the study https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2748634 they compared pregnant women't fluoride intake via estimates and urine samples. They found boys IQ was connected to fluoride but not girl! Interestingly both boys and girls had a mean IQ > 100; boys 107 +/- 13, girls 109 +/- 12. Using the statistical tests they found a 5 point decrease for boys, none for girls.
Regardless of the study, one might think that the right toothpaste along with dental fluoride application every few years would be perfectly adequate rather than using it in the water.
We are in total agreement with not altering children to fit some sort of physical choice. These life changing alterations are not AFIK reversible and can limit a child's future. If a child wishes to present some alternate appearance, OK but to medically change them is abuse.
Licensing made sense when it was implemented. There were a lot of quacks. Now that the establishment has so thoroughly taken control over doctors we again need to get advice from other quarters. Herbal and Chinese medicine, chiropractors, yoga and so on.
With regard to Zorianna, she is my daughter. My first family, which should be giving me grandchildren, went woke.
Not sure if 5 points on IQ is significant and would be quite hard to measure IMHO. In the study https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/fullarticle/2748634 they compared pregnant women't fluoride intake via estimates and urine samples. They found boys IQ was connected to fluoride but not girl! Interestingly both boys and girls had a mean IQ > 100; boys 107 +/- 13, girls 109 +/- 12. Using the statistical tests they found a 5 point decrease for boys, none for girls.
Regardless of the study, one might think that the right toothpaste along with dental fluoride application every few years would be perfectly adequate rather than using it in the water.
We are in total agreement with not altering children to fit some sort of physical choice. These life changing alterations are not AFIK reversible and can limit a child's future. If a child wishes to present some alternate appearance, OK but to medically change them is abuse.
Cute granddaughter! If only I were 70 years younger....!
Please take care of her safety.
In Japan, water sources differ from region to region, and management methods & price also differ.
I've heard good things, so let's look into fluoride.
In Japan, 400 to 150 years ago, doctors were allowed to practice medicine if they claimed to be a doctor.
It was a good time in a way.
After that, chasing the West, it became a licensing system only for those who studied Western medicine.
Licensing made sense when it was implemented. There were a lot of quacks. Now that the establishment has so thoroughly taken control over doctors we again need to get advice from other quarters. Herbal and Chinese medicine, chiropractors, yoga and so on.
With regard to Zorianna, she is my daughter. My first family, which should be giving me grandchildren, went woke.
Oh you are healthy, I respect you.