title: Is fluoride a mutagen?
abstract: Recent studies suggest that fluoride may be genotoxic. While the concentration of fluoride in artificially fluoridated water (1 mg Fl-1) is generally considered to be "safe", levels of fluoride present in a number of widely used dental health products, such as fluoride-containing toothpaste, appear to be potentially mutagenic. Since fluoride is increasingly being used as a drug, and contamination of the total environment by fluoride emissions and solid wastes from industry is a growing problem, a review of the evidence regarding the potential mutagenicity of fluoride may be in order.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004261:DNA Replication / Q000187:drug effects; D005459:Fluorides / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000633:toxicity; D006801:Humans; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D005459:Fluorides