{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/597684.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":597684,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Do not add fluoride to drinking water across the UK as proposed.","background":"The proposal to introduce fluoride into drinking water focuses solely upon caries prevention & dental health, however, multiple peer reviewed studies, including most recently, in 2019 show that fluoride intake directly corresponds to lower IQ scores, especially among developing brains of children.","additional_details":"This petition is against the proposal to add fluoride to drinking water. \r\n \"..elevated fluoride intake during early development can result in IQ deficits that may be considerable.\" (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6923889/). \"The average loss in IQ was reported as a standardized weighted mean difference of 0.45, which would be approximately equivalent to seven IQ points\"https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/fluoride-childrens-health-grandjean-choi/","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":6,"created_at":"2021-09-24T08:00:55.685Z","updated_at":"2021-09-28T10:23:01.107Z","rejected_at":"2021-09-28T10:23:00.177Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-09-24T13:45:28.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/597714"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}