My dental patients lived with the consequences of fluoride-free water
Florida has just banned fluoride in public water, becoming the second state to do so. It’s part of decadeslong battle that has heated up in recent years. Local governments debate…
Why Is Fluoride in Our Water? | Johns Hopkins
Why is there fluoride in the U.S. water supply? What are the benefits? In the first part of the 20th century, dental caries were very prevalent, costly conditions that caused…
What to Do If Fluoride Is Removed From Your Water
Right now, it’s politically hot to spit out fluoride. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long railed against fluoride in public water supplies, claiming that it correlates to lower…
5 Alabama cities recently removed fluoride from water: ‘It’s not a pretty picture’
In one of the worst states in the nation for dental health, more and more Alabama cities are considering whether to remove fluoride from public drinking water. In the last…
Two cities stopped adding fluoride to water. Science reveals what happened
Warren Loeppky has been a pediatric dentist in the Canadian city of Calgary for 20 years. Over the last decade, he says, tooth decay in children he’s seen has become…
Florida moves closer to banning it in drinking water
Florida moved closer to becoming the second state to ban the long-standing practice of adding fluoride to public water systems. State lawmakers supported a bill to ban the cavity-fighting mineral…