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For generations, fluoridated drinking water has helped safeguard the teeth of most American children. Yet recently, skepticism over this public-health measure has gained new traction, and some locales—including the states ...
Dec 11, 2025
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Children exposed to recommended levels of fluoride in drinking water show modest cognitive advantages in secondary school, with no clear evidence of harm to cognitive functioning around age 60, according to researchers at ...
US President Donald Trump's administration has announced plans to withdraw prescription fluoride drugs for children, part of a growing movement reexamining public exposure to fluoride.
May 14, 2025
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With Utah's first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they're bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state's ...
May 6, 2025
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Florida state lawmakers have approved a bill to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water, a move that public health experts say could harm dental health across the state.
May 1, 2025
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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy said he's assembling a task force ...
Apr 8, 2025
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In the wooded highlands of northern Arkansas, where small towns have few dentists, water officials who serve more than 20,000 people have for more than a decade openly defied state law by refusing to add fluoride to the drinking ...
Mar 31, 2025
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Elevated concentrations of fluoride can occur in well water, and in some countries, it is added to drinking water to counteract caries in the population. A study from Karolinska Institutet now supports a few previous studies ...
Mar 7, 2025
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Utah may become the first state in the U.S. to ban fluoride in public water statewide, a move that would override local decisions on whether to add the cavity-fighting mineral to drinking water.
Feb 26, 2025
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Fluoride not only strengthens teeth and leads to better health overall but also is one tool communities can use to reduce health disparities, according to Hugh J. Silk, MD, MPH, professor of family medicine & community health.
Feb 5, 2025
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