WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's standard for the maximum amount of fluoride allowed in drinking water -- 4 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water -- does not protect ...

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children. U ...

Fluoride helps protect teeth by making the hard outer layer—the enamel—more resistant to acid attacks by bacteria and sugars.

(NewsNation) — The mineral fluoride found in drinking water has no connection to lowered children’s IQ levels, according to a recent study. It also comes after Utah and Florida’s ban on fluoride in ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy ...

Fluoride is credited with improving the dental health of children and adults for decades, but some South Carolina legislators are suspicious and want to ban it ...

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Ohio environmental regulators have issued a final warning to the Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park public water system in Pickaway County, escalating a years‑long pattern of ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued his crusade against fluoride in drinking water by ...

An Arizona lawmaker has proposed a bill to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water. Dental experts argue the ban would defy decades of research and lead to increased tooth decay. The ...

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