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SFPUC discusses recent fluoride research and public messaging; staff: California requires fluoridation
Summary
SFPUC staff summarized a recent JAMA study about prenatal fluoride exposure and noted the research is inconclusive; staff reminded commissioners that state law requires fluoridation for systems over 10,000 connections and that SFPUC adds fluoride at 0.7 mg/L.
SFPUC staff briefed the commission on fluoride following a constituent—oncern and a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA). The study linked prenatal fluoride exposure in some cohorts to small differences in child IQ, but staff and public-health partners described the results as difficult to interpret and not a basis for immediate policy change.
Steve Ritchie, assistant general manager for water,…
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