Two examples from New York are worth noting. Buffalo removed fluoride from its water, saw rising tooth decay in its residents, and restored it. Albany, the capital, just voted to add it to its water.

In 2023, Florida lawmakers passed a law prohibiting high schools from starting classes before 8:30 a.m. and middle schools ...

Fluoride ions are found in several minerals, ... for example, the toxic effects of sodium fluoride can include pain in the legs and even fractures of the long bones due to minor trauma.

When only the 22 studies with low risk of bias were analyzed, the inverse association between fluoride exposure and IQ levels ...

Amid the renewed debate, William Brangham spoke with Lindsay McLaren of the University of Calgary to discuss why that community removed fluoride from its water and why fluoridation started in the ...

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday expressed tentative support for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plan to order the removal of fluoride from water supplies during a potential second Trump term ...

Our state legislature's ban on fluoridation does not go far enough. When Republican State Rep. Danny Alvarez said, "This is not about fluoride. This is about your liberty," every word applied to ...

Morss traces her interest in fluoride back to the 1950s, when she was focused on healthy nutrition for her children. She started questioning the motives of Dr. Frederick Stare, the founding ...

The fluoride wars go back to the 1940s, ... and scientists have knocked down scores of theories centering on singular and ...

An analysis of more than 70 studies on fluoride and IQ levels concluded there was a relationship between higher levels of the common water additive and lower IQ levels in children, though a large ...