Elevated concentrations of fluoride can occur in well water, and in some countries, it is added to drinking water to counteract caries in the population. A study from Karolinska Institutet in ...

Kennedy Jr. Medical consensus says fluoride is harmless at levels found in drinking water and helps prevent tooth decay. Opposition to fluoride hinges on claims of toxicity, or that adding it to ...

Utah is set to place a ban on fluoride in public drinking water. The bill, HB81, awaits Gov. Spencer Cox’s signature and would become the first state to put the ban in place. Bill sponsor Rep.

A study by the Karolinska Institute in Sweden has found an association between fluoride in drinking water and reduced cognitive function in children. The findings may add fuel to the debate over ...

Fluoride didn’t make much of a splash in the public eye when fluoridation trials began in 1945. The first run only reached about 232,000 Americans at the time. Nearly a decade later, the number ...

BARTOW, Fla.—The lights were flickering on above the Little League fields outside the Bartow Civic Center when Dr. Johnny Johnson pulled up in his Ford F-250 and emerged wearing jeans and boots ...

Fluoride in drinking water, which protects against cavities and tooth loss, is been lauded by health officials as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. But a growing ...

When Tristen Boyer recently had a couple of cavities filled, her dentist suggested she get fluoride treatment afterward. She has Crohn’s disease, which puts her at increased risk for tooth decay.

I’M JULIA BENBROOK. ALL RIGHT. NOW TO THE FIGHT OVER FLUORIDE IN OUR WATER SUPPLY. IT’S REACHING A NEW LEVEL HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS, WE’VE TOLD YOU ABOUT ...

Fluoride will be banned from Utah water systems by May 7, if Gov. Spencer Cox signs a bill now headed to his desk. Friday evening, the Utah Senate approved HB81, sponsored by Rep. Stephanie ...

Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn't allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing ...

Kennedy Jr. said in November that the Trump Administration would advise all water systems in the U.S. to remove fluoride from public water. Kennedy claims that fluoride is an industrial waste that ...