Anisa Khalifa: I’m Anisa Khalifa. This is the Broadside, where we tell stories from our home at the crossroads of the South. This week, the fight over fluoride and how challenging what we think we ...

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Opponents of fluoridation claim children could simply receive a prescription for fluoride rinses or tablets. As a pediatrician and a dentist, we know this is neither practical nor effective ...

Across the country, communities are rejecting the recommendation of health groups to add fluoride into their municipal drinking water. Although the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls ...

Utah may become the first state in the U.S. to ban fluoride in public water statewide, a move that would override local decisions on whether to add the cavity-fighting mineral to drinking water.

Donald Trump’s new health secretary has long cast doubt on the safety of fluoridated water—despite years of medical studies backing its advantages. Reporter Reporter Got a tip? Send it to The ...

Fluoridation, or water fluoridation, is the action of raising naturally occurring levels of fluoride in water systems to aid in oral health of those who drink it. The Centers for Disease Control ...

(AP Photo/Hannah Schoenbaum, File) 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 ...