Moves against fluoride in drinking water alarm health experts

What happened when Calgary removed fluoride from its water supply

Earlier this month, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to end the federal recommendation that municipalities add fluoride to their drinking water. Amid the renewed debate, William Brangham spoke with Lindsay McLaren of the University of Calgary to discuss why that community removed fluoride from its water and why fluoridation started in the first place.

Profanity-ridden Emails, Misuse of CDC Funds: How Big Fluoride Tries to Prevent Towns From Cleaning Up Their Water

Washburn, North Dakota’s town commissioners voted Monday night to stop fluoridating the town’s water supply. But in the months leading up to what the commissioners thought would be a small-town, local debate, the commissioners uncovered a federally funded, coordinated lobbying scheme by state actors and a national fluoride lobby group to crush efforts by small towns like theirs to stop fluoridating their water supplies.

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Harnett County leaders to discuss benefits, risks of fluoridation in water supply

Harnett County officials are set to debate the fluoridation process in the local water supply, raising questions about its benefits and risks. Their discussion comes as debate over the benefits and risks of fluoride emerges nationwide.

Florida one step closer to banning fluoride in water

Florida is one step closer to banning fluoride in its water. The state senate passed a bill last night to prevent local cities and counties from using the additive. However, it's not a done deal yet, because the bill still has to pass the house. FOX 35's Chris Lindsay explains why some lawmakers are calling the bill "a joke."

Manatee County commissioners vote not to add fluoride to drinking water

Manatee County commissioners voted this week not to add fluoride to the county's drinking water. Patrick Shea, Director of Utilities, said that county commissioners adopted an ordinance in 1991 to begin adding fluoride to the public water system.Shea said the county's drinking water fluoridation system has been out of service since 2021. "The water treatment staff, maintenance staff worked diligently to try to nurse the current fluoride system b…