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Long interested in practical neuroscience, John D. MacArthur researched and
wrote The Human Brain for Philadelphia's Franklin Institute Science Museum.

Franklin Institute Science Museum Human Brain

In 2013, I began focusing on neurodevelopment in
pregnancy, because the CDC said that preterm birth is the
"leading cause of long-term neurological disabilities in children":
CDC's Preterm Birth page. March 7, 2013.
Four years earlier, a New York State public-heath study found that:
"Domestic water fluoridation was independently associated
with an increased risk of PTB (preterm birth)."

Published Pregnancy Reports

Fluoride, Premature Birth and Impaired Neurodevelopment, Townsend Letter, November 2013.
A global review of recent laboratory, clinical, and ecological evidence that fluoride is a significant risk factor for premature birth and long-term neurological disabilities in children.

Placental Fluorosis: Fluoride and Preeclampsia, Townsend Letter, May 2015.
New research and diverse evidence implicate fluoride and fluorosis in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia, the dangerous pregnancy complication caused by the abnormal placenta.

Prenatal Fluoride and Autism, Townsend Letter, April 2016.
Fluoride swallowed in amniotic fluid may disrupt colonization and composition of bacteria in the fetal GI tract – adversely affecting neurological and immunological development.

Townsend Letter: The Examiner of
Alternative Medicine
is a respected
journal published since 1983.

In 2016, the concise and well-documented book was published:
Pregnancy and Fluoride Do Not Mix

This website began in 2017.
It continues to be updated with new research.

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Neurodegeneration Continues to Be a Focus

Fluoride and Mental Decay: Causation & Correlation
Townsend Letter, Oct. 2019

Overdosed: Fluoride, Copper and Alzheimer's Disease, Townsend Letter, Oct. 2013

Too Much Copper, Too Little Zinc, and Cognitive Deterioration in Alzheimer's Disease
co-written with George J. Brewer, MD., Townsend Letter, Oct. 2013

I have long been concerned about the dangers of fluoridated water:

• Fluoridation for Dummies: 20 Questions (1999): #1-7 | #8-13 | #14-20

Did Somebody say Fluoridation?: Dispelling the Myth of Fluoridation (2001)

Water Fluoridation: Sales Pitch vs. Reality Check: Sierra Club (2008)

Comments and Charts: US Dept. of Health & Human Services (2011)

Don't Be Takin' Fluoride: Deconstructing the Fluoridation Sales Pitch (2012)

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