Secretary of Health and Public Services (HHS) Robert Kennedy Jr. He said on Monday that he plans to direct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending the addition of fluoride in water, while also bringing together a working group to address the issue.
Kennedy told the publication about his plans after attending a press conference with EPA administrator Lee Zeldin.
The EPA announced on Monday that it is reviewing new science about the potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water, as the agency has the right to set the highest fluoride levels in public water systems.
While Kennedy has no right to tell the community to stop adding fluoride to the water system, he can guide the CDC to stop recommending it while also working with the EPA to set allowable levels.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Jason Mendez/Getty Images)
Kennedy is in charge of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), although the agency’s recommendations are merely mandatory.
Utah became the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water last month, although dentists and the National Health Organization warned the action would lead to medical problems in low-income communities.
Nevertheless, Republican State Governor Spencer Cox signed legislation that prohibits cities and communities from deciding whether to add fluoride, a mineral that blocks cavity, to water systems managed by these cities and communities.
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The hydraulic foreman at a plant that adds fluoride to drinking water in Healdsburg, California. (Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
By May 7, all water systems across the state must be shut down.
Kennedy told the Associated Press that he was proud that Utah was the first state to ban fluoride, adding that he hoped other states would follow suit.
More than 200 million people in the United States receive it Fluorinated water The Associated Press reported through the community water system.
Grand Rapids, Michigan is the first city to implement Water fluorination According to the CDC, 1945.
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General view of the Atlanta Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters. (Reuters/Tami Chappell)
The CDC website states: “Community water fluorination can benefit all members of the community by preventing cavity, reducing oral health disparities and saving money for everyone.”
Kennedy and his initiative to support the initiative to make the United States healthy again (Maha) outspokenly banning fluoride in drinking water.
“Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, Bone cancerloss of IQ, neurodevelopmental disorders and thyroid disease,” Kennedy wrote in November on X.
A study conducted by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health was published on July 20, 2012. “It was found that fluoride could adversely affect cognitive development in children.”
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A study conducted by researchers at Harvard School of Public Health was published on July 20, 2012. “It was found that fluoride could adversely affect cognitive development in children.”
The CDC does not mandate community water fluorination, but it named the fluorination of drinking water as one of 10 public health interventions in the 20th century, citing a sharp decline in the cavity.
Fox News Digital’s Ashley J. Dimella and the Associated Press contributed to the report.
