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2024-10-31 17:55:11 UTC - HELPFUL
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The general agreement among major health organizations, including the ACS, the WHO, and the CDC, is that there is no strong evidence linking fluoride in drinking water to cancer in humans. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/chemicals/water-fluoridation-and-cancer-risk.html https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/fluoride-good-or-bad#downsides https://www.cancercenter.com/risk-factors/fluoride https://blog.dana-farber.org/insight/2017/12/fluoride-cause-cancer/ https://ilikemyteeth.org/debate-fluoridation/does-fluoride-cause-cancer/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3889024/ Dr. Burk's claims about fluoride and cancer are not supported. https://science.feedback.org/review/flawed-comparison-cancer-mortality-fluoridated-non-fluoridated-us-cities-doesnt-provide-sufficient-evidence-fluoride-causes-cancer/ https://www.ilikemyteeth.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Dean-Burk-Cancer-Claims.pdf
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