A big day for anti-fluoridation activists in the United States. In a press conference jointly held with EPA head Lee Zeldin on April 7, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., made his first statement on fluoride since taking over the agency, telling the nation that fluoridated water is headed down the same path as leaded […]

The office of CDC’s Division of Oral Health, the main promoter of water fluoridation in the U.S. government, has been dissolved. A major shakeup within HHS has hit fluoride-promoting agencies hard. In addition to cuts at the CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has eliminated the Chief Dental Officer role, and 17% of […]

An hour before the midnight deadline, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill banning water fluoridation statewide, officially making Utah the first state in the nation to prohibit the addition of fluoride to drinking water.

Board-certified dentist for kids and adults Staci Whitman, DMD and neuroscientist Andrew Huberman, Ph.D of The Huberman Lab Podcast explore the history and real impact of fluoridated drinking water on oral, bone, and systemic health as part of a broader discussion on the importance of oral care and the oral microbiome for brain and bodily […]

#1 – New study on fluoride and IQ just published in an NIH-funded scientific journal.The study examined a cohort of mothers and children living in Bangladesh who were exposed to fluoride levels similar to people living in fluoridated areas of the U.S. This is the 8th high-quality study finding lowered IQ at exposures below 1.5 mg/L, contradicting […]

EPA’s expert witness on risk assessment in the fluoride trial, Dr. Stanley Barone, admitted under oath that for studies finding IQ loss at a certain level of exposure, the standard risk assessment approach that EPA would use is to divide the level of exposure where studies find harm by 10 to reach a level low […]

The dental lobby sent a mass email to Utah Governor Spencer J. Cox urging him not to sign a bill that bans fluoridation in Utah, saying: “Most of the non-fluoridated counties experienced an increase in dental disease where Salt Lake showed a drop in disease to nearly the lowest level in the state after fluoride […]

By Bill Osmunson DDS MPH, February 26, 2025 Freedom, Science, and Jurisdictional Authorities I am a comprehensive cosmetic dentist with a master’s degree in public health. I retired after 46 years of clinical practice and teaching. For the first 25 years, I promoted fluoridation. Then, I read both sides of the science, laws, and ethics and became […]

The dominos are falling. Since the court ruling, 54 communities, serving water to approximately 7,760,341 people have ended, suspended, or prevented water fluoridation, including several communities that have indefinitely postponed or rejected proposals to initiate fluoridation. The latest community to say NO to fluoridation is: Timberville, VirginiaAre you ready to step up and help end fluoridation in […]