CNN — President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Health and Human Services secretary and pledged to let him “go wild on health,” putting health care high on the agenda for his second term. While we don’t know what the policies will be, one thing Kennedy has signaled he would look at […]
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Where RFK Jr.’s fluoride-free dream is already a reality
Today, we dive straight into the impassioned politics and science of fluoride in our drinking water. We travel to the front lines of the growing debates in Oregon, where communities large and small have been sparring over the issue for decades. Original article online at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports/where-rfk-jrs-fluoridefree-dream-is-already-a-reality/
US towns plunge into debates about fluoride in water
NEW YORK (AP) — For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in Yorktown, a leafy town north of New York City. But in September, the town’s supervisor used his emergency powers to stop the practice. The reason? A recent federal judge’s decision that ordered U.S. regulators […]
RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Oregon shows what’s coming.
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/
RFK Jr. wants fluoride out of drinking water. Oregon shows what’s coming.
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 […]
No ‘Tin Hats’: Fluoride Ruling Offers Options As RFK Eyes Ban
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 supply stock surges on RFK’s anti-fluoride stance, activist involvement
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%, […]
Pipe dream? RFK Jr.’s fluoride push could take years.
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 […]
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 […]