While the United States wonders what will become of fluoride following the inauguration in January, it’s already out of the water supply in Lebanon after muddy river water from the drawdown of a nearby reservoir gummed up the city’s water treatment plant. Original article online at: https://democratherald.com/news/local/government-politics/lebanon-voters-axe-citywide-water-fluoridation/article_9c292788-a38c-11ef-ae41-7f86ce478a77.html
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Amid nationwide fluoride debate, East Texas city that pioneered practice has stopped it
The city of Marshall hasn’t added fluoride to its water for about a year. The machinery that added the anti-cavity chemical to the public water supply quit working, and replacing it just hasn’t been a priority, the city’s public works director said. Original article online at: https://www.news-journal.com/premium/amid-nationwide-fluoride-debate-east-texas-city-that-pioneered-practice-has-stopped-it/article_8c50b57e-9ae0-11ef-9da4-cb16594fae97.html
A Texas city was a pioneer in adding fluoride to drinking water. Could RFK Jr. remove it?
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, is taking a swing at fluoride in drinking water. In a post earlier this month, Kennedy said the Trump administration will advocate for the removal of fluoride from all U.S?. water systems. Fluoride is a sometimes naturally […]
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 […]
This California city is fluoride-free. Dentists there worry about the trend spreading
With President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services, many Americans are wondering whether they’re in for a future without fluoridated water. Kennedy, who has widely spread falsehoods about vaccines causing autism and other medical claims, has vowed that the Trump administration will “advise all […]
Keep fluoride in Bay Area water? What RFK Jr. means for our dental health
California is one of the few states in the nation that requires fluoridation in tap water in an effort to reduce tooth decay. But many communities in the Bay Area and elsewhere are exempt – and if Donald Trump’s pick for Health and Human Services secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. takes aim at fluoride in […]
Florida city votes to remove fluoride from drinking water, citing RFK Jr.’s comments as one of the reasons
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 […]
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 […]