Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent comments on fluoride are prompting questions about its safety and why it's used in drinking water. Kennedy, a former presidential candidate turned Trump supporter ...

Emily Oster, an economist and the founder of ParentData.org, is the author of “Expecting Better” and “Cribsheet.” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this month that the new Trump administration ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the man widely expected to become a health leader in President-elect Donald Trump's White House, has promised to lobby to remove fluoride from the American water supply.

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.

20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water." "Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer ...

At least nine Wisconsin communities have decided this year to stop adding fluoride to their drinking water and at least six more are considering it, undermining what officials say is a cornerstone of ...

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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 ...

RFK Jr. says fluoride ‘is on its way out.’ Here’s why Minnesota uses it, and what the risks are. Fluoride has been shown repeatedly to lower dental costs, tooth decay and the risk of serious ...

But more dramatically, he’s determined to remove fluoride – which he describes as “industrial waste” – from all public water reservoirs. This would undo a public health measure widely ...

Fluoride is added to drinking water across the U.S., but residents of some states are considerably more likely to be drinking fluoridated water than others, according to data from the U.S. Centers ...