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Default Dentists Oppose Fluoridation; You Should Too

Professionals Urge End to Water Fluoridation

Below article indicates fluoride renders bunny sperms infertile.

Ultrastructural studies of spermiogenesis in rabbit exposed to chronic
fluoride toxicity.

OBJECTIVE--To address the role of fluoride in causing defects to
spermatids and epididymal spermatozoa. METHODS--Male rabbits were
treated with 10 mg NaF/kg body weight daily for 18 months and
maintained under identical laboratory conditions along with the
control rabbits not given NaF. Testis and epididymis (caput) were
investigated for ultrastructural details of spermatids and
spermatozoa. RESULTS--A wide variety of structural defects were
observed in the flagellum, the acrosome, and the nucleus of the
spermatids and epididymal spermatozoa of fluoride-treated rabbits.
Abnormalities included absence of outer microtubules, complete absence
of axonemes, structural and numeric aberrations of outer dense fibers,
breakdown of the fibrous sheath, and structural defects in the
mitochondria of the middle piece of the flagellum. Detachment and
peeling off of the acrosome from the flat surfaces of the nucleus were
also observed. CONCLUSION--The abnormalities observed render the sperm
nonfunctional and ineffective, and thus there is a possible role of
fluoride in causing infertility. PMID: 7920753