Fluoride in drinking water and risk of hip fracture in the UK: a case-control study, Hillier et al, 2000
A study by researchers at the Medical Research Council’s Epidemiology Unit at the University of Southampton found no increased risk of hip...
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Community water fluoridation, bone mineral density, and fractures: prospective study of effects in older women, Phipps et al, 2000
One of the largest studies conducted on bone fractures and fluoride, reported in the British Medical Journal in 2000, was undertaken in the United...
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Effect of long-term exposure to fluoride in drinking water on risks of bone fractures, Li et al, 2001
A collaborative study by US and Chinese researchers, who compared the bone fracture prevalence of Chinese communities with naturally occurring...
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Fluoridation of drinking water and subsequent cancer incidence and mortality, Hoover et al, 1991
Analysis of data in the 35 years before and after fluoridation started shows no increase in risk of cancer
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Drinking water fluoridation and osteosarcoma incidence on the island of Ireland, Comber et al, 2011
A study of osteosarcoma cases occurring between 1994 and 2006 across the whole of Ireland (Irish Republic and Northern Ireland) found no...
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US study finds no association between osteosarcoma and fluoride levels in bone (2011)
A US study, published in 2011, compared the fluoride content of segments of bone taken from patients with osteosarcoma with the fluoride content...
Read more UK study finds no difference in osteosarcoma rates (2014)
A research team from the Universities of Newcastle upon Tyne, Leeds and Oxford analysed osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma cases in people aged up to...
Read more New Zealand study indicating absence of effects on IQ (2014)
A research paper on water fluoridation and IQ in New Zealand was published in 2014 which, unlike earlier studies reported mainly from rural areas...
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