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Crazy Advice from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists The ACOG believes it is a "High-Risk Factor" if a woman lives in an area with "Inadequate Water Fluoridation," so it advises women to take fluoride supplements. ACOG equates "inadequate water fluoridation" with high-risk conditions, including osteoporosis, breast cancer, and cardiovascular disease! The CDC disagrees (2001): "Use of fluoride supplements by pregnant women does not benefit their offspring." Furthermore, "No published studies confirm the effectiveness of fluoride supplements in controlling dental caries among persons aged >16 years." (Table 4) Even the Australian Dental Association said: "Fluoride supplements should not be taken during a pregnancy." Cochrane Systemic Review (Takahashi et al. 2017) "There is no evidence that fluoride supplements taken by women during pregnancy are effective in preventing dental caries in their offspring... Currently, no systematic reviews have investigated the effectiveness and safety of this intervention." When a pregnant woman takes fluoride supplements, so does her baby. Research shows that the use of fluoride supplements (1.5 mg/day) during pregnancy doubled fetal blood concentrations of fluoride. – European Food Safety Authority (2013) Fluoride supplements are unapproved prescription drugs that have pregnancy and poison warnings. ACOG advises pregnant women to "drink fluoridated water throughout the day," despite the fact that a Cochrane Review concluded "We did not identify any evidence... to determine the effectiveness of water fluoridation for preventing caries in adults." On the plus side: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists knows that "reducing exposure to toxic environmental agents is a critical area of intervention." "Robust scientific evidence has emerged over the past 15 years, demonstrating that preconception and prenatal exposure to toxic environmental agents can have a profound and lasting effect on reproductive health across the life course... "Chemicals in pregnant women can cross the placenta, and in some cases, such as with methyl mercury,* can accumulate in the fetus, resulting in higher fetal exposure than maternal exposure... "As underscored by a groundbreaking 2009 report by the National Academy of Sciences, the effects of low-dose exposure to an environmental contaminant may be quite different based on vulnerabilities." ** – ACOG (2013) *Like methyl mercury, fluoride is a "developmental neurotoxicant." ACOG already warns pregnant women to avoid consuming lead and bisphenol A (BPA), two substances that like fluoride the EPA says are toxic to the developing mammalian nervous system. **The immature nervous system of a "fetus is even more vulnerable to toxic exposures than is that of an infant." – National Scientific Council on the Developing Child Fluoridated amniotic fluid is another consequence of maternal fluoride intake.