When the F-word is 'fluoride': Florida could ban adding fluoride to public drinking water

Oral argument: Why skeptics are targeting fluoridated water after 80 years of use

There are people who say the earth is flat. Others adamantly claim the sun circles the planet. And still more are claiming that fluoride in municipal ...

When the F-word is 'fluoride': Florida could ban adding fluoride to public drinking water

Florida is poised to become the second state to ban the long-standing practice of adding fluoride to public water systems. State senators have already cleared a bill that would prohibit community water fluoridation, and Florida’s House is expected to vote on a similar bill in the coming week. The word “fluoride” isn’t found anywhere in the Florida Farm Bill, but it would be included because the legislation aims to ban “the use of certain additiv…

When the F-word is 'fluoride.' Florida may be next to ban the mineral from water supplies.

Florida is poised to become the second state to ban the long-standing practice of adding fluoride to public water systems.

Crystal River to debate fluoride in public water

The Crystal River City Council on Monday will discuss the discontinuation of fluoridation in its public water system.

Links between childhood fluoride exposure and neurodevelopmental disorder

Since 1945, fluoride has been added to public water supplies in the United States because of its observed anti-cavity activity. Despite this practice being regarded as one of the greatest public health achievements of the 20th Century by the U.S. CDC, there have been concerns surrounding its over...

Profanity-laced Emails, Misuse of CDC Funds: How Big Fluoride Tries to Prevent Towns From Removing Fluoride

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... Continue reading...