Deena Thomas

TL;DR: In this article, some evidence suggests that fluoride may be neurotoxic to children, but none of the epidemiologic studies have been longitudinal, had individual measures of fluoride exposure, addressed the...

TL;DR: Higher prenatal fluoride exposure, in the general range of exposures reported for other general population samples of pregnant women and nonpregnant adults, was associated with lower scores on tests of cognitive function in the offspring at age 4 and 6–12 y.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured urinary and plasma fluoride levels across three time points in pregnant mothers who were enrolled in the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) birth cohort study.

TL;DR: This study provides the most extensive characterization to date of fluoride exposure throughout pregnancy in pregnant mothers enrolled in the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to Environmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) birth cohort study.