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  1. Sep 2017
    1. ADA study confirms

      There is no active ADA link on this website because it has been deleted. Also, the use of capital letters with the word "study" afterwards will seem legitimate at first glance.

    2. Advertise with NaturalNews...

      There are other websites advertising in every possible spot on this article, which leads me to believe that the primary purpose of Natural News is to make money

    3. GMOs, fluoride, superfoods, natural cures

      Language appeals and captures attention of the intended audience.

    4. Health Ranger's FREE email newsletter

      Health Ranger is also a twitter account which posts links to this website.

    5. http://jada.ada.org/cgi/content/abstract/141...

      Source not found.

    6. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pare...

      The content from this website is almost identical to the one from Nature News.

    7. Fluoride Action Network (FAN): http://www.fluoridealert.org

      I looked at the website, and there appears to be action taking place, however the website also has other unrelated news on its page, which is odd.

    8. But political pressure and bad science have continued to justify water fluoridation in most major cities, despite growing mountains of evidence showing its dangers.

      Doesn't go into detail.

    9. entire population with a carcinogenic, chemical drug.

      The word "chemical drug" will stand out to the intended audience, because they are for more natural approaches and try to avoid unnatural things, like chemicals

    10. And even if families install such a system, fluoride is found in all sorts of food and beverages, not to mention that it is absorbed through the skin every time people wash their hands with or take a shower in fluoridated water. Perhaps these are some of the reasons why the ADA has said nothing about the issue despite the findings.

      Since there is no action plan listed, the purpose of this article is to make viewers paranoid, not to actually lower amounts of fluoride.

    11. Many experts

      Which experts? Again, there is no real credibility here; the author is using rhetoric to sound like he knows what he is talking about.

    12. The NRC has also found

      The NRC stands for Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and they protect public health and safety related to nuclear energy. The study probably doesn't exist and the source isn't even relevant anyways.

    13. Chinese study

      The author included the word "Chinese" to describe the study because he had no other context or information about it. By adding this detail, it the study will seem more real to readers.

    14. Multiple animal studies

      Vague term, and the studies are not cited or even given any addition context, so they most likely don't exist.

    15. At Harvard University, researchers identified a link between fluoride and bone cancer. Published 14 years after it began, the study found that the highest rates of osteosarcoma, a fatal form of bone cancer, were occurring most in populations drinking fluoridated water.

      Where is this study? The author gives no information about it and uses vague terms like "researchers". Again, the study is not cited under his sources.

    16. another study published in Environmental Health Perspectives found a definitive link between fluoride intake and reduce IQ levels, indicating once again that fluoride intake causes cognitive damage.

      Link is does not lead to the study, and the study is not cited in the sources.

    17. In 2006, a study published in The Lancet identified fluoride as "an emerging neurotoxic substance" that causes severe brain damage. The National Research Council (NRC) wrote that "it is apparent that fluorides have the ability to interfere with the functions of the brain and the body by direct and indirect means."

      Both studies were not cited, and I couldn't find them when I looked them up. Even if they do exist, the author of this article is only confirming their argument with supporting evidence that could be taken out of context, and avoiding opposing evidence.

    18. American Dental Association (ADA) has known that fluoride exposure causes dental fluorosis since at least 2006, but the group has done nothing to warn the 200 million Americans that live in communities with fluoridated water to avoid its use in babies and infants

      Natural News has no proof that the ADA has known this. Furthermore, why is the author presenting them in a negative light if he is using them a source (in attempt) to prove other accusations in the article? It seems as if the author is creating conspiracies and trying to turn his readers against anyone in order to gain their trust.

    19. blood-brain barriers

      By clicking the fluoride tag, I found many other articles mentioning how fluoride is dangerous for blood-brain barriers in some way. For an example: http://www.naturalnews.com/055455_fluoridated_medications_prescription_drugs_blood-brain_barrier.html

    20. Dr. Steven Levy, D.D.S., and his team found during their study that "fluoride intakes during each of the first four years (of a child's life) were individually significantly related to fluorosis on maxillary central incisors, with the first year more important." They went on to warn that "infant formulas reconstituted with higher fluoride water can provide 100 to 200 times more fluoride than breast milk, or cow's milk."

      Study not linked or cited.

    21. The internal uptake of fluoride into teeth over time causes their enamel to become mottled and discolored, the end result being damaged teeth that have essentially rotted from the inside out.

      This statement is incorrect, "Over long exposure to fluoride in saliva, more and more fluoride is incorporated, and the enamel surface becomes stronger" (the Encyclopedia of Food and Culture, 663).

    22. accelerate the body’s storage of fat -

      Another Natural News article claims that fluoride increases the body's storage of fat: http://www.naturalnews.com/055431_water_fluoridation_depression_obesity.html

    23. fluoride

      By clicking on this tag, I was brought to a page with about 50 other articles from Natural News about various negative effects of fluoride.

    24. Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

      I searched him up and found that he has written many other articles for the Natural News website regarding detrimental negative effects of other things, such as almond milk and cleaning products.

    25. Journal of the American Dental Association confirming fluoride as a toxic substance that actually destroys teeth, particularly those of developing young children and babies.

      The source given does not exist anymore.

    26. NaturalNews)

      This website seems to be targeting people who are into naturopathic methods and want to be as natural as possible.

    27. Health Ranger posts fascinating video tour of the Agilent 7700x ICP-MS lab instrument from the Natural News Forensic Food Lab

      The Health Ranger Twitter account has tweeted this website multiple times, so they are most likely linked.

    28. babies

      This headline would easily catch the attention of mothers or fathers.