Kennedy has said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in ...

Still, Dr. Johnny Johnson, a pediatric dentist and president of the American Fluoridation Society, said the new findings don’t change decades of safety evidence for added fluoride. “Water ...

The health benefits of fluoridated drinking water may be waning as Americans increasingly turn to using toothpastes and mouthwashes that already contain fluoride, a new review suggests.

The impact of community water fluoridation in low- and middle-income countries is less clear, due to the absence of recent research. Fluoride, used in many commercially available toothpastes and ...

Fluoride in toothpaste has largely prevented the need to keep adding it to drinking water, a major review has found. In ...

Starting in the 1950s, states and cities across the U.S. began adding fluoride to drinking water supplies, following research showing that fluoride can prevent tooth decay, especially in children.

About one-third of community water systems — 17,000 out of 51,000 across the U.S. — serving more than 60% of the population fluoridated their water, according to a 2022 CDC analysis. The ...

Citing "evolving scientific research," Gov. Kevin Stitt is ending Oklahoma's endorsement of fluoride in drinking water.

Community water fluoridation is a public health victory, ... (Opens in new window) Facebook; ... despite over 80 years of research proving its safety and effectiveness, ...

About one-third of community water systems — 17,000 out of 51,000 across the U.S. — serving more than 60% of the population fluoridated their water, according to a 2022 CDC analysis.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he wants communities to stop fluoridating water, and he is setting the gears of government in motion to help make that happen. Kennedy this week ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health ... In 1950, federal officials endorsed water fluoridation to prevent tooth decay, ... but he concluded that research pointed to an unreasonable risk that it could be.