Fluoridation: Bassin Study

• “Our exploratory analysis found an association between fluoride exposure in drinking water during childhood and the incidence of osteosarcoma among males but not consistently among females. Further research is required to confirm or refute this observation.”
• Bassin EB, Wypij D, Davis RB, Mittleman MA. Age-specific fluoride exposure in drinking water and osteosarcoma (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2006 May;17(4):421-8.
• “…preliminary findings from the overall analysis of the second set of cases (1993-2000) do not appear to replicate the overall findings from the first part of the study. Our findings currently being prepared for publication, do not suggest an overall association between fluoride and osteosarcoma.”
• Douglass CW, Joshipura K. Caution needed in fluoride and osteosarcoma study. Cancer Causes Control. 2006 May;17(4):481-2.