It made a tremendous difference in what we saw in the school systems. The (students) weren’t going out for toothaches.” ...

A Pennsylvania lawmaker is proposing a bill to ban fluoride from public drinking water, following Utah's lead. Dental groups oppose the ban, emphasizing fluoride's role in preventing cavities and ...

RFK Jr. has expressed opposition to fluoridation of water, and Utah recently became the first state to ban water fluoridation. But why is there fluoride in water, and is it dangerous? Research ...

The Reason Fluoride Is in Our Drinking Water. In the early part of the 20th century, cavities were extremely prevalent and tooth loss was common in both children and adults, says Beth Oller, MD, a ...

In communities without fluoridated water—like Clifton, N.J., where pediatrician Dr. Bob Jawetz practices—it’s ideal to combine bottled fluoride water with a topical supplement (like ...

In 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule limiting added fluoride in bottled water to the same 0.7 mg/L level recommended by public health authorities for tap water.

The pros and cons of flouride in water - On Call with Dr. Mallika 04:53. There have been a lot of questions about fluoride since the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy called ...

Since 2010, more than 170 communities across the country have chosen to remove fluoride from their drinking water, including places like Oneida, New York; Portland, Oregon; and Bucks County ...

Communities in the United States have been adding fluoride to the water supply since the 1940s, and that effort has led to better dental health for millions of Americans. But even from the ...

Fluoride can come from a number of sources, but drinking water is the main one for Americans, researchers say. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population gets fluoridated drinking water, according ...

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.

Water treatment plant operators leave the plant several times a day, 365 days a year, to test fluoride concentration in finished drinking water, Blackwell said.