More Studies Show Fluoride Affects Brain and Disrupts Sleep

This type of water may decrease melatonin production and alter your sleep cycles, leading to less healthful REM sleep, poorer sleep efficiency, greater sleep disturbances and more daytime tiredness.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• More than 400 animal and human studies show fluoride is a neurotoxic substance, and many have found harm at, or precariously close to, the levels millions of American pregnant women and children receive

• A 1 mg-per-day increase in the fluoride a mother gets from drinking water may lower the IQ of her child by 3.7 points

• Infants fed baby fo…