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There is a simple grammatical error in the following sentence:
"Although fluoridation can cause dental fluorosis, which can alter the appearance of developing teeth or enamel fluorosis;[3] the differences are mild and usually not an aesthetic or public health concern."
Maybe I'm reading it wrongly, but the sentence at the beggining of the article
"In 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services' National Toxicology Program found that water fluoridation levels above 1.5 mg/L are associated with lower IQ in children."
seems to be in direct contradiction to a later sentence in the next paragraph, which states
"There is no clear evidence of other side effects from water fluoridation."
Maybe this needs a correction or some sort of rephrasing? 2001:818:E94C:D00:38B7:BE7D:D8D2:776D (talk) 02:00, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah I think the intro is messed up and could do with a refresh. It has the "in 2024..." claim preceding the definitive "There is no clear evidence...". I think the definitive sentence is implying that the "in 2024..." claim is not clear evidence. I am not surprised we are confused. Hopefully someone will see your post and fix the lead. Commander Keane (talk) 02:14, 3 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Physicsjock interesting, thanks for bringing it up. Using wikiblame (if these external tools ask for login and you are logged in to Wikipedia you just have to click a button) it seems some of the material was added by @Eubulidesin 2009, referenced to another paper from 2009 (Ozsvath). The paper you point out is 2013. The 2013 paper doesn't cite Ozsvath, I couldn't work out where that exact passage in the 2013 paper is referenced to. Ozsvath is paywalled so I couldn't read it.
@Commander Keane I see, you're saying the 2015 paper plagiarized Wikipedia. Possibly this Plagiarism section can be removed, from this Talk page, although it was unclear to me what the reference was supposed to be for that sentence, so I'll add a citation needed tag.Physicsjock (talk) 04:24, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Physicsjock to me it was clear that the passage is attributed to the next inline citation. Like I said I can't access that citation to double check. I tried adding a reason to the [citation needed] but I don't think it shows up anywhere. I do fear that someone will see the [citation needed] and either remove the passage or cite the 2015 paper.
