Kennedy Jr., who heads the Department of Health and Human Services, has said U.S. President Donald Trump will call for an end to adding fluoride to public water supplies. Trump has not announced a ...

You're not alone if you have questions about fluoride in your water supply. We reached out to experts to get answers. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at ...

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Shortly before the election, Kennedy wrote in a post on X that “the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride ...

Fluoride didn’t make much of a splash in the public eye when fluoridation trials began in 1945. The first run only reached about 232,000 Americans at the time. Nearly a decade later, the number ...

Few of us have spent a lot of time thinking about fluoride—until recently. Now it has become a lightning rod of controversy. Public health officials are sparring over conflicting studies ...

Kennedy Jr. Medical consensus says fluoride is harmless at levels found in drinking water and helps prevent tooth decay. Opposition to fluoride hinges on claims of toxicity, or that adding it to ...

The U.S. first began adding fluoride to water in the 1940s after studies showed exposure to it reduced rates of cavities and tooth decay. However, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's nominee for ...

ECUA Executive Director Bruce Woody told the News Journal are monitoring the re-emergence of the debate over adding fluoride to water. “Our response at this point is one of wanting to obtain ...

Is fluoride toothpaste bad for you? It's a question that sparks a lot of debate and confusion. On one hand, fluoride is celebrated as a hero in the fight against cavities; on the other ...

Lee County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to become the 40th Florida county to stop adding fluoride to drinking water. Spearheaded by Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass, the move flies ...

Despite a trend in Southwest Florida and a recommendation from Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Fort Myers officials voted to keep fluoride in the city's drinking water. Proponents of ...