CNN’s Nick Watt takes a closer look at the history of fluoride in the US water supply. Original article online at: https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/23/health/video/fluoride-us-water-supply-watt-pkg-digvid
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Kennedy Is Right: Fluoride Is a Danger to Public Drinking Water
For years, clean water advocates led by the Fluoride Action Network (FAN) have been compiling damning science against the practice of fluoridating water. Their activism on this issue has caused them to be criticized and marginalized by legacy media as conspiracy theorists. But now removing fluoride from water is gaining traction. On November 22, Florida […]
Florida surgeon general warns against fluoride in drinking water
GREENWIRE | TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Friday warned residents against consuming fluoride in drinking water, saying the mineral may help with tooth decay but ongoing studies also show it could lead to behavioral problems in children. Public water utilities have been adding fluoride to drinking water for decades as a […]
Florida Surgeon General Urges End to Water Fluoridation
Florida’s top health official on Friday advised governments across the state to stop adding fluoride to their water, citing the neuropsychiatric risks — particularly for pregnant women and children — associated with the practice. “It is public health malpractice, with the information we have now, to continue adding fluoride to water,” Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo said. […]
Winter Haven’s decision on fluoridated water came after months of discussion | Opinion
In light of the coverage Winter Haven’s decision to remove fluoride from its drinking water has received, I feel compelled to explain things which have been missing in the public discussion, and to provide context to the City Commission’s decision to do so. This matter began in February as a citizen initiative. Over the course […]
What to know about fluoride in drinking water
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 […]
Lakeland Commissioners: More Info Needed Before Deciding on Fluoride
After Florida’s surgeon general came to Polk County Friday to urge cities and counties statewide to quit adding fluoride to drinking water, a majority of Lakeland’s city commissioners said they would need to learn more before they could vote on the issue. One said he would like to end fluoridation, and one said he is […]
Donald Trump could push the US to stop adding fluoride to water. Where does Europe stand?
Few EU countries still fluoridate their water supplies, but there’s no evidence that countries in Europe stopped because of health harms. As US President-elect Donald Trump charts his second term in the White House, an unusual suspect is at the top of the health policy to-do list: removing fluoride, a naturally occurring mineral that helps […]
Florida surgeon general says fluoride shouldn’t be added to drinking water: ‘Public health malpractice’
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced new guidelines on Friday, advising that all cities and counties statewide stop adding fluoride to drinking water. Dr. Ladapo spoke at a news conference in Winter Haven, which made headlines last week after the city announced that fluoride will no longer be added to […]
Can Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stop California from putting fluoride in drinking water?
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention once called fluoridation of drinking water one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century thanks to its ability to help fight tooth decay. Come January, the new presidential administration is poised to argue otherwise. “On January 20, the Trump White House will advise […]