Does Drinking Water Cause ADHD? New Study Calls Out Fluoride

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Does Drinking Water Cause ADHD? New Study Calls Out Fluoride

A new study has found a correlation between the use of fluoride in drinking water across the United States and the rise in Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) diagnoses.
Researchers found that states with more prevalent fluoridation practices also had higher rates of ADHD diagnosis and that that trend held out over a six year period, starting with data from 1992.

The study — the first to examine a link between ADHD and water fluoridation — was published in the journal Environmental Health and conducted by psychiatrists Christine Till and Ashley Malin at York University in Toronto.

Their analysis showed that for every 1% increase in fluoridation prevalence in the US, there were 67,000 more cases of ADHD 11 years down the line. The researchers said they also took wealth differences into account, as poor children are more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD.

“States in which a greater proportion of people received artificially-fluoridated water in 1992 tended to have a greater proportion of children and adolescents who received ADHD diagnoses [in later years], after controlling for socioeconomic status,” Malin says.

Since 1992, the first year of data the study looked at, the rate of fluoridation in the US has risen from 56% to 67%, and ADHD diagnoses have risen from around 7% to 11%, according to current figure from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention….more here

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Does Drinking Water Cause ADHD? New Study Calls Out Fluoride