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Warning: Fluoride in Your Water Can Lower Your Child's IQ

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A new study shows that exposure to fluoride may lower children's intelligence. Fluoride is added to 70 percent of U.S. public drinking water supplies.

More than 500 children aged 8 to 13 from two different towns were studied and tested.  One city had fluoridated water, and the other did not.

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