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Nanoplastics could make drinking water harder to keep safe - Earth.com
“Nanoplastics are the next layer of the problem. Smaller than microplastics — small enough to cross the blood-brain barrier — and they appear to interfere with the filtration and treatment processes we use to clean municipal water. The system that's supposed to protect us can't catch them.”Why Glen chose it
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Fluoride Exposure and Children's IQ — JAMA Pediatrics Meta-Analysis 2025
JAMA Pediatrics published the 2025 meta-analysis that finally pulled together decades of fluoride-exposure research in children and found a consistent association with lower IQ scores. Peer-reviewed, top-tier journal, careful methodology — this is the citation that should be in every parent's hands when the fluoridation debate comes up at their kid's school board or dentist's office.
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Baby Formula and Fluoridated Water — CDC Warning
The CDC says parents mixing formula with fluoridated tap water may be giving infants more fluoride than is safe for developing teeth and neurological tissue. It's not a fringe position — it's federal guidance that most pediatricians aren't surfacing.
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