Rapaport Data Fluoride Down's Syndrome, Graphed

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Relationship

between mongoloid births (Down's Syndrome) and fluoride concentration in drinking water
Ionel Rapaport 1959 & 1963, as reported in Groth 1973 (PhD dissertation) Table 5-III

Rate mongoloid births by water


midpoint of N ratio, rate uoride level
range, F Mongoloid N Total Mongoloid / Mongoloid per
F range (mg/L) (mg/L) births births Total births 100,000 births

Rate mongoloid births per 100,000 total births


80
0 0.00 15 63,521 1 to 4,235 23.6
0.1-0.2 0.15 52 132,665 1 to 2,551 39.2 70
0.3-0.7 0.50 33 70,111 1 to 2,125 47.1
1.0-2.6 1.80 48 67,053 1 to 1,396 71.6 60

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0.00 0.50 1.00 1.50 2.00
Water uoride (mg/L)

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