SEATTLE — For decades, communities in the U.S. have been adding fluoride to tap water to help prevent cavities. Last month, Utah became the first state in the U.S. to ban water fluoridation. Some ...

An Arizona lawmaker has proposed a bill to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. Dental experts argue the ...

A number of water systems in Mississippi have stopped adding fluoride, including at least one in South Mississippi. It’s a ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking aim at fluoride in public drinking water, a move scientists and dental health organizations have warned would prove disastrous for public health.

A student drinks from a water fountain at an elementary school in California in 2023. Florida moved closer to becoming the second state to ban the long-standing practice of adding fluoride to public ...

In the first US study looking at whether the recommended fluoride levels in drinking water affects brain function, ...

Fluoride supplements help strengthen developing teeth in children. Learn how these supplements provide benefits beyond ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has gone after fluoride in drinking water, a move that medical experts widely disagree with. Water fluoridation has been proven to be so ...

For decades, fluoride has been at the center of public health debates, hailed by experts as a crucial tool in preventing tooth decay while also facing scrutiny from skeptics who question its safety.

There have been a lot of questions about fluoride since the Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy called for it to be removed from the water supply. But is fluoride actually good or ...

Sen. Janae Shamp, a Republican from Surprise, has prefiled Senate Bill 1019 that would ban people and subdivisions from ...

However, that report studied much higher fluoride concentrations than Arizona water contains. Since Kennedy’s call to states, both Utah and Florida have banned it. Shamp said in a statement that ...