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Can fluoride cause bone cancer?

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No: Excess Fluoride intake can cause skeletal fluorosis and weakening of the bones, despite a dense appearance on x-ray. Unless the Fluoride intake is radioactive, there is no known association between Fluoride and bone cancer.

Answered 6/25/2014

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No: There is no link between Fluoride and any kind of cancer. You can research this online through the american cancer society at www.Cancer.Org.

Answered 6/25/2014

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Dr. Randy Baker answered

Specializes in Holistic Medicine

Yes, if kids exposed: The research is conflicting. An excellent 2006 study found over 5x the risk of osteosarcoma, a serious bone cancer, in boys who drank fluoridated water in their 6th-8th years. A 2011 study found no association but has serious methodological flaws. I believe the 2006 study was accurate. See http://www.Prnewswire.Com/news-releases/new-study-fails-to-refute-fluoride-osteosarcoma-link-126600993.Html.

Answered 12/9/2013

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NO: This is a myth. Despite lots of fear mongering there are no actuall studies that show a link between Fluoride and cancer. In the one and only study that showed cancer developing in male rats, the rats had been exposed to a virus that causes cancer in rats as well as exposed high Fluoride levels. Only rats with the virus developed cancer. None of the rats only exposed to Fluoride developed cancer.

Answered 6/25/2014

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