Political controversy has stoked new conversations around the fluoridation of water and whether the mineral is safe to consume. Water fluoridation, or the practice of adding fluoride to sources of ...

In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city in the world to add fluoride to its drinking water. Five years later, U.S. federal officials endorsed water fluoridation, with many ...

In a May 2025 national poll by the Consumer Healthcare Products Association in cooperation with the American Dental Association (ADA), more than 4 out of 5 survey takers said they are familiar with ...

For decades, fluoride has been at the center of public health debates, hailed by experts as a crucial tool in preventing tooth decay while also facing scrutiny from skeptics who question its safety.

MIAMI - The ongoing debate over the safety of fluoride is prompting a Florida county to consider removing it from their drinking water. Lee County, on the state's west coast, will discuss the issue on ...

Right now, it’s politically hot to spit out fluoride. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long railed against fluoride in public water supplies, claiming that it correlates to lower IQs in kids ...

Concerns over fluoride levels in drinking water as expert urges Britain to reassess dosage - THE FLUORIDATION OF WATER IN ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation nationwide. Health and Human Services ...

Of 345 water systems in eight Northeast Pennsylvania counties, only one – Hazleton’s – fluoridates its drinking water, according to state data supplied to the federal Centers for Disease Control and ...