I’ve reported about oral care for five years, so I talk to dentists at least once or twice a week. Regardless of what topic we’re discussing, fluoride comes up. The ingredient ...

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You're not alone if you have questions about fluoride in your water supply. We reached out to experts to get answers. Anna Gragert (she/her/hers) was previously the lifestyle editor at ...

Tooth decay is a serious issue, and seven decades of science support safe levels of fluoride in public water supplies to help minimize the problem. Despite this, federal health secretary pick ...

In what has become a trend of late — local communities suddenly deciding to stop putting fluoride in their drinking ... not steeped in the complexities of chemical processes or dental science.

There has been growing concern about the presence of fluoride in drinking water, particularly after a study was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Paediatrics early last ...

Fluoride is a reactive chemical that binds strongly to calcium and metals. In 1944, the Journal of the American Dental Association described fluoridation as “spectacularly attractive” for ...

“There was not enough data to determine if 0.7 mg/L of fluoride exposure in drinking water affected children’s IQs,” Taylor noted. Higher levels of the chemical can be found in wells and ...

Attorneys for the Biden administration said Friday they would seek to challenge a court loss last year that could pave the way for the Trump administration to ban the use of fluoride in water.

Fluoride is one of the most interesting stories of public health improvement. It all began over 100 years ago, with two simple observations: 1) that lots of people in some areas of the world had ...

Another who identified herself as a “living woman” accused the city of violating her religious rights, claiming fluoride causes “spiritual suppression.” The countering pleas from local ...