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The research had two goals: (1) to warn communities with a high concentration of fluoride of the danger, initiating a reduction of the fluoride levels in order to reduce incidence rates of fluorosis, and (2) to encourage communities with a low concentration of fluoride in drinking water to add fluoride in order to help prevent tooth decay. By ...
Since 2010, more than 150 towns or counties throughout the country have voted to keep fluoride out of public water systems or to stop adding it, according to the Fluoride Action Network, an anti ...
Officials lowered their recommendation for drinking water fluoride levels in 2015 to address a tooth condition called fluorosis, that can cause splotches on teeth and was becoming more common in U ...
Kentucky is the only state to require fluoridation in every community water system that serves 1,500 or more people, and as a result, 99.99 percent of residents receive fluoridated water.
The Australian government states that water fluoridation is the most effective means of achieving fluoride exposure that is community-wide. [27] The World Health Organization states water fluoridation, when feasible and culturally acceptable, has substantial advantages, especially for subgroups at high risk, [ 28 ] while the European Commission ...
The United States was the first country to engage in water fluoridation, and 72% of their population now drinks fluoridated water as of 2022. [14] [15] Globally, 5.4% of people receive fluoridated water, though its use remains rare in Europe, except in Ireland and parts of Spain. [16]
A Florida city voted this week to remove fluoride from its drinking water, with one city commissioner citing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s past comments on the matter as one of the reasons. The city ...
In a social media post three days before Trump was elected, Kennedy wrote that on Jan. 20, "the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water," noting ...