Take the conclusion of this systematic review of the literature published in the journal Biological and Trace Elements Research in 2008, which looked at whether fluoride exposure has increased the risk of low intelligence quotient (IQ) in China over the past 20 years:
[See our IQ and Fluoride research page for seven first-hand study abstracts on this connection][C]hildren who live in a fluorosis area [high fluoride exposure] have five times higher odds of developing low IQ than those who live in a nonfluorosis area or a slight fluorosis area.
Arguably, those who do question this causal connection despite the research are already under fluoride's powerful spell, since they don't take sufficient care to reduce their exposure to this intellectually-disabling toxin. They've drank the fluoride-contaminated Kool-aid, and are unable to comprehend what is still obvious to those who have not.
But fluoride's toxicity is not specific to only one type of tissue, i.e. neurological, but extends throughout the human body, having been linked to at least 30 distinct health problems stretching from calcification of soft tissue and endocrine glands (such as the pineal) to hypothyroidism, from hair loss to cancer.
While lawmakers and regulators consider the public gullible enough to believe that the IQ-lowering effects of fluoride a worthwhile price to pay for 'healthy' and 'attractive' teeth (even though fluoride exposure leads to fluorosis, an irreversible spotting, often yellowing of the enamel of the teeth), a more serious health problem lurks beneath the propaganda that has converted an industrial byproduct and pollutant into a "therapeutic" water, salt and milk additive. That problem is fluoride's infertility and abortifacient properties.
Comment: Further research into the many ill health effects of a gluten-based diet clearly demonstrates that people are beginning to realize that gluten is not the 'staff of life' or the basis of a healthy diet:
Gluten - The Hidden Killer
The Many Heads of Gluten Sensitivity
Is gluten from grains making you sick?
Do You Have Gluten Whiplash?
Gluten: What You Don't Know Might Kill You
Why is Wheat Gluten Disorder on the Rise
Wheat gluten newly confirmed to promote weight gain
How Long Does That Tiny Bit of Gluten Affect Your Body?
Leaky Gut - Leaky Brain - Gluten is an Equal Opportunity Destroyer
New England Journal of Medicine: Gluten Can Cause 55 Diseases
Headaches, Depression, Nerve Damage, and Seizures...Is Gluten to Blame?
Gluten & Your Nervous System - Depression, Brain Abnormalities, and Neuropathy
Sensitivity To Gluten May Result In Neurological Dysfunction; Independent Of Symptoms
The Hidden Link Between Gluten Intolerance and PMS, Infertility and Miscarriage