Assertion: fluoride | /r/Causes | genetic damage
Facets:
value: to fruit flies
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in rats
type: LOCATION
value: in human blood cells
type: LOCATION
value: to barley
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to tomatos
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to tomatoes
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to onions
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: in laboratory studies
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: While the concentrations of fluoride causing genetic damage in laboratory studies are generally far higher than the concentrations found in human blood, there are certain “microenvironments” in the body (e.g., the bones, bladder, kidneys, oral cavity, pineal gland) where cells can be exposed to fluoride levels that are comparable to those causing genetic damage in the laboratory.
text: Dr. Takeki Tsutsui of the Nippon Dental College showed in 1984 that “fluoride caused not only genetic damage but was also capable of transforming normal human cells into cancer cells.
text: He added, “A possible link between fluoridation of public water supplies and an increase in the cancer death rate has been debated for over 20 years and there is now no doubt that fluoride can cause genetic damage.
text: A study at Texas A&M University demonstrates that fluoride causes genetic damage to onions and tomatos.
text: A study at the University of Missouri shows that fluoride causes genetic damage to tomatoes.
text: A study at the University of Missouri demonstrates that fluoride causes genetic damage to corn and fruit flies.
text: A study at Texas A&M University demonstrates that fluoride causes genetic damage to fruit flies.
text: A study at the Central Laboratory for Mutagen Testing in West Germany shows that fluorides cause genetic damage to fruit flies.
text: A study at Texas A&M University shows that fluorides cause genetic damage to barley.
text: 1974 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons discovers fluoride causes genetic damage, in rodents, sheep and cows.
text: 1978 Pomeranian Medical Academy in Poland discovers that fluorides cause genetic damage in human blood cells.
text: 1981 Institute of Botany in Baku, USSR, does three studies which indicate fluoride causes genetic damage in rats.