The debate about the benefits and risks of fluoride is ongoing, as RFK Jr. — incoming President Trump’s pick for HHS secretary — pushes to remove it from the U.S. water supply. "Fluoride is ...

After three hours of impassioned pleas and dueling science among dozens of dentists, the Melbourne City Council voted early Wednesday to stop adding fluoride to the city's drinking water.

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.

Further, fluoride, when not naturally occurring in water supplies, is extracted from calcium deposits in phosphate rock and not from hazardous waste. Talk to us > Give us your news tips .

Fluoride has long been recognized for its benefits in preventing tooth decay, which is why it has been included in public water systems across many countries. However, recent findings from the ...

LEBANON, Ore. - Longtime denizens of this town of 20,000 recalled widespread tooth decay among children before the city council voted to add fluoride to the drinking water two decades ago.

More than 200 million people in the United States live in areas where fluoride is added to tap water. According to the most recent data available, 24 other countries around the world — including ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s recent comments on fluoride and controversial studies are prompting questions about its safety and why it's used in drinking water. Kennedy, a former presidential candidate ...

Called fluoride, it's colourless, odourless and tasteless and has been added to the domestic water supply in some parts of the country for the past 60 years or so to help prevent tooth decay.

To understand the science and the (pseudo-) controversy surrounding fluoride in drinking water, it’s necessary to examine various aspects of the subject in some detail. The Burden of Tooth Decay and ...

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