(NEXSTAR) – On Monday U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is calling for an end to fluoridation in American communities, but when – and why – did the practice start? Grand Rapids, Michigan, ...

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 ...

The long-term effects of banning fluoride from public drinking water across the country could cost families billions of dollars and result in millions of rotten teeth, a new analysis predicts. The ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: So Kris, how are your teeth? Kris Maher: So I grew up having a ...

Fluorides occur naturally in the earth’s crust, where they are found in rocks, coal, clay and soil. Lately, though, fluoride is found mostly in the news. What is the science, not the politics, behind ...

Utah now prohibits state and local governments from adding fluoride to public water systems, becoming the first state in the nation to do so. Gov. Spencer Cox signed House Bill 81 into law on March 27 ...

As a Florida bill banning fluoride in tap water awaits Gov. Ron DeSantis’ approval, oral health advocates warn the move signifies a major public health setback. If DeSantis signs SB 700 into law, ...

Recent findings published in Science Advances provide new evidence regarding the long-term cognitive effects of consuming fluoridated water during childhood. The study suggests that growing up in ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Florida’s fluoride ban in public drinking water is set to go into effect on July 1. However, not much will change locally. According to JEA, it does not and will never add ...