February is Children’s Health Month, which makes it a fitting time to remember that some of medicine’s greatest victories are ...

Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking ...

Removing the natural mineral fluoride from drinking water is a priority of the MAHA movement that backs Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Safe drinking water supports healthy communities. In many parts of the United States, public water systems add fluoride to reduce tooth decay. Dentists and public health experts support community ...

Dentists have told us for years that drinking fluoridated water keeps teeth strong and reduces cavities and tooth decay. But some politicians are pushing to take it out of water treatment plans and ...

FILE: 17th Annual DONNA Marathon in 2024. The 19th annual DONNA Marathon kicks off Friday. Here’s what you should know if you’re heading to the race Read full article: The 19th annual DONNA Marathon ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A Louisiana lawmaker is again proposing a bill related to the levels of fluoride in public drinking water. State Sen. Mike Fesi (R-Houma) authored Senate Bill 4, ...

Fluoride is used worldwide to prevent tooth decay – for example, in dental care products, table salt, and, in some countries, in drinking water. However, health concerns are raised, particularly in ...

In this difference-in-differences analysis, birth weight and other outcomes were unchanged after communities fluoridated their water. Changes in birth weight following community water fluoridation ...

A new study from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health finds that community water fluoridation (CWF) is not associated with significant changes in birth weight—a widely accepted ...