Will fluoride go away when Trump takes office?

Fluoride could be removed from public water systems under the influence of one of President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Fluoride — long heralded as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th century — could be removed from public water systems under the influence of one of President-elect Donald Trump’s advisers, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy — who has no training in either medicine or dentistry — called fluoride “an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss” and other problems on the social media platform X.

“I think fluoride is on the way out,” Kennedy said Wednesday on MSNBC. “The faster that it goes out, the better.”

Whether to add fluoride to water supplies is decided and funded by local jurisdictions, not the federal government. Still, Kennedy said that if tapped, he would advise communities on fluoridated water.

Dentists who care for kids’ oral health say the end of fluoridated drinking water would be detrimental.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/will-fluoride-go-away-trump-takes-office-rcna179002

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