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LEBANON, Ore. — Longtime denizens of this town of 20,000 recalled widespread tooth decay among children before the city council voted to add fluoride to the drinking water two decades ago. But a group of residents remained unconvinced. Original article online at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/11/20/rfk-fluoride-drinking-water-oregon/

They urged neighbors to do their own research, insisting it would reveal that the mineral embraced for generations to improve oral health was actually a dangerous substance that could harm their organs. They shared photos of corroded pipes and scarred arms they claimed were damaged by the acidic, concentrated form of fluoride. Was it worth […]

A California federal court decision that plunged deep into the scientific research on fluoride’s impact on human health may offer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the incoming Trump administration a path… Original article online at: https://www.law360.com/healthcare-authority/articles/2257730

Dental care supplier Henry Schein advanced in Monday trading as investors bet that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary, could recommend removing fluoride from the U.S. water system, a move that would lead to a boom in dental visits. Shares of Henry Schein shares jumped about 7.5%, […]

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s potential role leading the Department of Health and Human Services would not give him carte blanche over fluoride in drinking water — although he could still influence the debate in other ways, legal experts say. Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head HHS, professed this month that Trump would sign an […]

Before President-elect Donald Trump was elected, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. raised alarm bells among some public health experts by stating he would push for the removal of fluoride from America’s drinking water. He claimed that Trump agreed with him and that, if elected, it would be one of the administration’s top priorities. “On Jan. 20, […]

Recently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. affirmed his plans to advise water systems in the United States to remove fluoride from public water. As an individual expected to influence public health policy during the next administration, his comments created substantial controversy around the risks and benefits of fluoride in drinking water. The story of fluoride begins in 1901 when a dentist noticed that […]

At an aging water treatment plant north of New York City, the fluoride solution was leaking from a pump. It was intended to be added to the drinking water piped down from the Catskills, to strengthen teeth and prevent dental decay. But instead it was dripping onto the ground, where it had soon eaten through […]

Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis praised President-elect Trump for nominating Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. In a lengthy social media post on Thursday, Polis praised Kennedy for helping Colorado “defeat vaccine mandates” in 2019 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “He helped us defeat vaccine mandates in […]

Months before Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. pledged that fluoride added to public water supplies “will disappear” under the incoming Trump administration, the future of fluoridation was already up for debate. Original article online at: https://www.barrons.com/articles/robert-f-kennedy-jr-fluoride-water-38c22271