On Wednesday, December 11, 2024, the Tallahassee City Commission will receive a briefing from Environmental Services Director Alissa Meyers on the fluoridation of the public water system. Since 1987, Tallahassee has been adding fluoride to its water system per the Leon County public health agency. Shortly before that, the EPA determined the appropriate fluoride levels, […]
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Dr. Ladapo on the Need to Rebuild Medicine from Scratch
We’re joined by Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, who tosses out truth bombs about the corruption and lies in science and medicine. He describes his evolution from being trained in the establishment medical system to being a pursuer of truth and following the data. We cover the fight to take fluoride toxins out of […]
77 Nobel Prize Winners Write Message To The Senate: Don’t Confirm RFK Jr.
A group of 77 Nobel laureates — a coalition from the fields of medicine, physics, chemistry and economics — wrote an open letter to the Senate on Monday urging lawmakers to reject Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s bid to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. “Placing Mr. Kennedy in charge of DHHS would put […]
The brewing battle over water fluoridation
As incoming Health and Human Services chief Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vows to remove fluoridation from city water systems, Austin officials say they’re committed to the practice. Why it matters: Like most major American cities, Austin fluoridates its water to reduce tooth decay. By the numbers: In the 2024 fiscal year, Austin’s three water treatment […]
Many Michigan cities add fluoride to their water. RFK Jr. wants that to end
Communities across the U.S. have been adding fluoride to their water systems since the 1960s, and in Michigan even longer, but that could change under Donald Trump’s second term. President-elect Donald Trump recently nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a fluoridation opponent, to run the Department of Health and Human Services. “For too long, Americans have […]
What Wisconsin experts say about the safety and benefits of putting fluoride in drinking water
In the last year, at least nine Wisconsin communities have decided to stop adding fluoride to their public drinking water, concerned that possible health risks outweigh the benefits. Community water fluoridation became widespread throughout the U.S. in the 1960s and is heralded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the 20th century’s greatest public […]
Woodlawn Utility proposes discontinuing water fluoridation, despite concern from dentists
CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – Woodlawn Utility District, which provides water to about 4,000 households in west Montgomery County, is proposing to stop putting fluoride in its water by Jan. 31. The water company officials said fluoride isn’t needed to make water safe, as it is only a measure used to prevent tooth decay. To […]
The New(ish) Fight Over Fluoride
IF YOU’D LIVED in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945, you’d have been one of the first people in America to sip fluoridated tap water. As of 2024, about 73 percent of us get the mineral in our water supply. And for almost 80 years, there’s been nonstop drama around that addition. In 1956, Clive McCay, […]
Connecticut requires large water systems to add fluoride to the water. Could RFK Jr. change that?
For the vast majority of Connecticut residents, a glass of water drawn from the tap comes with a miniscule amount of fluoride — and has so for decades — as part of public policy aimed at preventing tooth decay. Starting next year, however, those policies could see a major shift with the new presidential administration in […]
Fluoride in the water: Some on McHenry City Council question its presence in city system
Some members of the McHenry City Council have questioned the presence of fluoride in the city’s drinking water. At the Dec. 2 McHenry City Council meeting, Alderman Michael Koch, 6th Ward, suggested the city consider removing the mineral from the city’s water system. “I wanted to bring up about the fluoride in the water,” Koch […]