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Trump’s health pick wants to remove fluoride from our water. Does science back the effort?
Donald Chi was surprised to hear fluoride had become a presidential issue. “It's really rare for someone who has influence at the federal level to take a stand on an issue that directly affects oral health,” said Chi, an associate ...
What to know about fluoride in water amid RFK Jr.’s bid to remove it
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for an end to the public health practice of putting fluoride in water.Why it matters: If he's confirmed as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services in the new Trump administration, public ...
Archived 1 day ago from Minneapolis Star Tribune
Counterpoint: What we on the Governor’s Commission on Fluoridation knew in the 1970s
Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of guest commentaries online and in print each day. To contribute, click here.The article by Peter M. Leschak, “Fluoride: It’s in the water — and in the news,” (Nov. 10) was worrisome ...
Archived 5 days ago from The Seattle Times
The anti-fluoride movement vaults into the mainstream
NEW YORK — At an aging water treatment plant north of New York City, the fluoride solution was leaking from a pump. It was intended to be added to the drinking water piped down from the Catskills, to strengthen teeth ...
Archived 2 days ago from The New York Times
The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the Mainstream
With the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, a formerly fringe opinion suddenly gets wide attention.At an aging water treatment plant north of New York City, the fluoride solution was leaking from a pump. It was intended ...
Archived 7 days ago from Yahoo News
Does fluoride cause cancer, IQ loss and more? Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claim
President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration could try to remove fluoride from drinking water, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Kennedy, who campaigned with Trump after dropping his own presidential bid in August, called fluoride "an industrial waste" and linked it to ...
With a push from RFK Jr., baseless fears about fluoride go mainstream
Adding fluoride to water is considered one of the great public health achievements of the 20th century. With President-elect Donald Trump in the White House, the 21st century may be another story.advertisement Robert F. Kennedy Jr., whom Trump has pledged ...
Baseless fears about fluoride are going mainstream
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Archived 1 week ago from Tampa Bay Times
Fact-checking Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s claims about fluoride
President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration could try to remove fluoride from drinking water, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Kennedy, who campaigned with Trump after dropping his own presidential bid in August, called fluoride an “industrial waste” and linked it to ...
Archived 2 weeks ago from Yahoo News
RFK Jr. Wants to Get Rid of Fluoride. Here’s What That Means
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. went from being Trumps rival to his rival on the campaign trail, to his ally — at least for now. - Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post/Getty ImagesConspiracy theorist and likely Trump administration appointee Robert F. Kennedy ...
Talk of removing fluoride from drinking water nationally stirs up debate in Maine
KENNEBUNK (WGME) -- President-Elect Donald Trump says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s plan to remove fluoride from water is "OK with me." The former Presidential candidate, known for advocating food safety but also occasional conspiracy theories, could have a public health ...
RFK Jr. wants to stop putting fluoride in drinking water. Here’s what scientists say
On day one of Donald Trump's presidency, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he'll be advising Trump to take fluoride out of public water. The former independent presidential hopeful — and prominent proponent of debunked public health claims — has been ...
Archived 1 week ago from Science Based Medicine
Some Data on Fluoride
David Gorski wrote yesterday about the threat that a second Trump term holds for American health, specifically if he keeps his promise to give RFK Jr. some high level position over public health. Unfortunately, we have seen this movie before, ...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Claims Fluoride Is ‘Lowering IQ’ in Children, Denies Being Anti-Vax | Video
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued to speak about his concerns with fluoride being used in the United States’ water supply on Wednesday. He claimed, “It’s lowering IQ in our children,” despite major medical associations and other groups supporting its use ...
Archived 2 weeks ago from Health News Florida
No more fluoride in the water? RFK Jr. wants that and Trump says it ‘sounds OK’
It’s been considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century: by putting a small amount of fluoride in the water supply, public health officials have prevented millions of cavities, saved tens of billions of dollars in ...
Archived 2 weeks ago from The New York Times
Fluoride, Vaccines, Obamacare: What to Know About Trump’s Health Statements
Donald Trump’s pledge to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild on health” has put three issues on the agenda in the final days of the 2024 campaign.With candidates and voters focused on the economy, immigration and abortion, the 2024 ...
Trump might target fluoride in tap water. Here’s what the science says.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the anti-vaccine activist who is poised to have significant control over health and food safety in a potential Donald Trump administration, has promised to immediately seek to remove fluoride from drinking water in the United States ...
Is fluoride in drinking water safe? What to know after RFK Jr.’s claims
Fluoride – it's added to the water systems of more than two thirds of Americans. It's in dental products from toothpaste to mouth wash. It's been the subject of long-running conspiracy theories. And now, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says Donald ...
RFK Jr. says Trump will recommend removing fluoride from public water if he wins reelection
Former President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed tentative support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to order the removal of fluoride from water supplies during a potential second Trump term, saying that it “sounds OK to me.”“Well, I haven’t talked ...
Trump will push to get fluoride out of drinking water, RFK Jr. says
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged Saturday that a future Trump administration would seek to remove fluoride from drinking water as a Day 1 goal, reversing a decades-old intervention widely credited for boosting public health. “On January 20, the Trump White ...