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Is It Time to Rethink Fluoride in Drinking Water?


Is It Time to Rethink Fluoride in Drinking Water? - Verywell Health

A new report suggests that high levels of fluoride exposure might impact children's cognitive development.

Is fluoride in drinking water safe? What to know as some cities ban it

All cite studies that show it reduces tooth decay by 25%. “Drinking fluoridated water keeps teeth strong and reduces cavities,” the CDC said in ...

Should we think twice about fluoride? - Vox

If you happen to live somewhere with levels above around 1.5 mg/L, your tap water crosses the threshold of neurodevelopmental concern. No need ...

Should America rethink the use of Fluoride in drinking water? - The Hill

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for water systems in the U.S. to remove fluoride, sparking controversy over the risks and benefits of ...

Fluoride in Drinking Water May Be Harming Our Children. We Need ...

The benefits of fluoride in preventing tooth decay are well documented, but it's time to revisit community water fluoridation in light of new ...

How Would RFK Jr Removing Fluoride in Water Impact Health?

Eliminating Fluoride, which has been added to U.S. drinking water for decades to protect our teeth, would create health problems that go beyond ...

Is Fluoridated Drinking Water Safe? | Harvard Public Health Magazine

Last summer, for the first time in 53 years, the U.S. Public Health Service lowered its recommended levels of fluoride in drinking water.

The Anti-Fluoride Movement Vaults Into the Mainstream

Even New York City has lowered the amount of fluoride it adds to drinking water. A glass of tap water in New York today has about 30 percent ...

Opinion - Should America rethink the use of Fluoride in drinking ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called for water systems in the U.S. to remove fluoride, sparking controversy over the risks and benefits of ...

Why is Fluoride in Our Water and Toothpaste? Time to Rethink an ...

Recent studies suggest fluoride might not be as harmless as we've been led to believe. We're seeing research, even here in Canada, linking high ...

Is There Still a Good Case for Water Fluoridation? - The Atlantic

The main reason for this, Barbara explained, was fluoridation—the practice of putting fluoride compounds in community drinking water to combat ...

Federal government calls for lowering fluoride levels in drinking water

For the first time in over five decades, the federal government has lowered the recommended level of fluoride in US community drinking water.

Op-ed: It is time to protect kids' developing brains from fluoride

The debate on the fluoridation of drinking water—one of the most polarized, long-running, and high-decibel controversies in public health—has ...

Community Effectiveness of Public Water Fluoridation in Reducing ...

However, efforts to extend water fluoridation into currently non-fluoridated areas are often thwarted. Despite considerable evidence regarding the effectiveness ...

The Science Behind Fluoride in Drinking Water | TIME

The CDC maintains that there is no convincing evidence linking fluoride to “any potential adverse health effect or systemic disorder,” and other ...

Federal Judge Rules EPA Must Review Fluoride Levels

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) continues to recommend that fluoride be added to community drinking water. “While the NIH ...

Re-evaluating fluoride intake from food and drinking water

The guideline value of fluoride concentration in drinking water is 1.0 mg/L in China (Ministry of Health of China, 2006). Because people in ...

Most Americans drink fluoridated water. Is that a good thing? - Ensia

If the court decides that water fluoridation indeed poses an “unreasonable risk” of harm, it can require the EPA to ban the addition of fluoride ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Trump Will Seek to Remove Fluoride ...

“Seventy years of research, thousands of studies and the experience of more than 210 million Americans tell us that water fluoridation is ...

It's time to rethink fluoride in water -- Brenda Staudenmaier

Adding fluoride to drinking water is a risky practice that can lead to accidents such as the one in Sun Prairie.