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March 2019 in “Environmental health” This study observed that higher childhood fluoride exposure was associated with delayed pubertal development in Mexican boys aged 10-17, with no significant effects found in girls.
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January 2010 in “Biological Trace Element Research” January 2007 in “Chinese journal of plastic surgery” In this study, researchers observed that sodium selenite may counteract the pro-apoptotic effects of sodium fluoride on human scalp hair follicle cells in vitro.
January 2005 in “The Chinese Journal of Dermatovenereology” In this study, sodium fluoride at certain concentrations increased the MDA levels in cultured human hair follicles, while 0.01 mmol/L sodium selenite reduced this effect at lower fluoride concentrations.
January 2004 in “Chinese Journal of Aesthetic Medicine” This study found that sodium fluoride concentrations inhibited the growth of human hair follicles in vitro, while sodium selenite at a specific concentration mitigated its toxicity.