Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral used to strengthen teeth and prevent cavities. It’s been added to local water supplies in U.S. cities since the 1940s. There’s no evidence that ...

LEBANON, Ore. — Longtime denizens of this town of 20,000 recalled widespread tooth decay among children before the city council voted to add fluoride to the drinking water two decades ago.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - When you turn on your tap in Shelby County, a small amount of fluoride is mixed in with the water that comes out. Fluoride is a common additive in drinking water and is mixed in ...

5, 2024, in Durango, Colo. (Christian Burney/The Durango Herald via AP) NEW YORK (AP) — For about 50 years, adding cavity-preventing fluoride to drinking water was a popular public health measure in ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s concerns about the health effects of fluoride may already be helping some Americans — investors in dental services companies. Shares in Dentsply Sirona, Envista ...

Environmental Research: Fluoride exposure and cognitive neurodevelopment: Systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2023.115239 ...

Arkansas Republicans have filed bills that could lead to fluoride being removed from drinking water in the state. The two bills were filed on Wednesday in the state legislature in Little Rock ...

Kennedy Jr. to head the Department of Health and Human Services. One of Kennedy's top priorities is removing fluoride from the nation's drinking water. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter ...

Winter Haven officials voted to stop adding fluoride to the city's public water supply last week, saying they expected to be at the front of the change. Could they be the first riding a wave of ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration could try to remove fluoride from drinking water, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This story also ran on PolitiFact. It can be republished for ...