A Florida city voted this week to remove fluoride from its drinking water, with one city commissioner citing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past comments on the matter as one of the reasons. The city commission in Winter Haven, Fla. voted 3-2 Tuesday to remove fluoride from the city’s water by January 1 next year or […]
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Are RFK Jr.’s Views on Flouride Really So Eccentric?
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, […]
Should America rethink the use of Fluoride in drinking water?
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 […]
The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the Mainstream
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 governor commends Trump for nominating RFK Jr. as HHS secretary
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 […]
Fluoride in U.S. Water Is a Real Matter of Debate. And It’s Not Just Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Raising the Questions.
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
The Fluoridation Fracas, Explained
It’s been 60 years since Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelovesatirized fears about water fluoridation. But an insistent minority within the scientific community that has questioned its safety is getting renewed attention, raising concerns about whether fluoridation has outlived its purpose. Earlier this year, fluoridation had its day in court—and lost, to fluoridation skeptics. A judge found […]
Council rejects fluoride plea
Waipo District Council is ignoring Te Awamutu-Kihikihi Community Board’s request to push back against the Director General of Health’s directive to introduce fluoride to Cambridge water. Board deputy chair Kane Titchener asked the council to seek an interim order, or some other appropriate legal remedy, to put fluoridation on hold until the end of a […]
Council passes fluoride ordinance on first reading
At the November 5 Thermopolis Town Council meeting held at Town Hall, Town Attorney Marshall Keller presented an ordinance for revoking fluoride being added to the water system. During the council’s discussion, Mayor Adam Estenson explained how there is naturally occurring fluoride in the surface water coming to the water treatment plant. He also said […]
The love/hate debate over fluoride in water is bubbling in NC
As President-elect Donald Trump announces key members of his next administration, many in the oral health profession across North Carolina are brushing up on the facts and figures in fluoride studies and research. Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a member of Trump’s transition team who could have an influential health policy role in the 47th president’s […]