Prenatal fluoride exposure and autistic behaviors in preschool-aged children: the Maternal-Infant Research on Environmental Chemicals (MIREC) cohort study
There was no evidence of an association between prenatal fluoride exposure and autistic behaviors in preschool-aged children, in contrast to previous MIREC research findings on lead and phthalates. Given that this cohort has relatively few children with high SRS-2 scores, further research is needed in other groups of children to more fully explore this association.
Authors
- Jeffrey R. Brook (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4165-2190)
- Rivka Green (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6829-1455)
- E. Angeles Martínez‐Mier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5389-0209)
- Carly Goodman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1750-1878)
- Howard Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3676-2707)
- Bruce P. Lanphear (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2598-5574)
- Amanda J MacFarlane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3208-3483)
- Christine Till (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5030-3155)
- Gina Muckle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9632-5755)
- John McLaughlin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6453-7577)
- Adele Carty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4024-2671)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- York University (CA)
- Hospital for Sick Children (CA)
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CA)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Texas A&M University School of Law (US)
- Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CA)
- Child and Family Research Institute (CA)
- Université Laval (CA)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Environmental Health
- Published
- 2025-11-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-025-01237-9
- Primary Topic
- Fluoride Effects and Removal
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Health Canada
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research