BELMONT, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Belmont leaders plan to keep fluoride in the city’s water supply. City council members’ decision Monday came as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he will assemble a task force to focus on the issue. Fluoride has been in Belmont’s water supply since 1971, and it’s here […]
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HHS and EPA looking into changes to nation’s fluoride guidance
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Monday he plans to assemble a task force and ultimately change the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s guidance to stop recommending adding fluoride. His comments came during a press conference in Utah, which just became the first state to ban fluoride from drinking […]
RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he’s assembling a task force to focus on the issue. Also on Monday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency […]
EPA Will Expeditiously Review New Science on Fluoride in Drinking Water
WASHINGTON – Today, at an event in Salt Lake City, Utah, with U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s decision to expeditiously review new scientific information on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water. This renewed scientific evaluation is an essential […]
EPA to Review Science, Limits on Fluoride in Drinking Water
The EPA will review scientific information on potential harms fluoride may cause as it rethinks its standards limiting how much of the mineral can be in drinking water, Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on Monday. Zeldin spoke at a press event in Salt Lake City, Utah, with Robert F. Kennedy Jr., secretary of the Department of […]
EPA says it will reconsider safety of fluoride in drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will reconsider the health impacts of fluoride in drinking water — taking what could be an initial step toward new national limits or a ban on the substance. An EPA press release said Monday that the agency would “expeditiously review new scientific information on potential health risks of fluoride in […]
Is adding fluoride to the public tap water supply safe?
SEATTLE — For decades, communities in the U.S. have been adding fluoride to tap water to help prevent cavities. Last month, Utah became the first state in the U.S. to ban water fluoridation. Some cities in Washington state are considering doing the same. Fluoride is a natural element found in rocks, soil, and water, according […]
Clearwater City Council votes to keep fluoride in water
Five hours into a contentious council meeting Thursday, the city of Clearwater voted 3-2 to keep fluoride in its water system. Council member Ryan Cotton introduced removing fluoride from the city’s water in February, citing public health concerns. Several citizens spoke against fluoridation and what they characterized as the potential health risks of consuming it. […]
The Fight Over Fluoride
For decades, the majority of Americans have been drinking tap water with added fluoride to improve oral health. But WSJ’s Kris Maher says that backlash to fluoride is spreading. Nearly 20 communities have halted the practice since October and Utah has now banned adding fluoride to water across the state. This comes after a landmark […]
RFK Jr. coming to Utah to talk fluoride ban, MAHA plans
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is coming to Utah on Monday, according to the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services. Kennedy will be holding a news conference with Lee Zeldin — administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency — in Salt Lake City on Monday. They are expected […]