Lee County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday 4 to become the 40th Florida county to stop adding fluoride to drinking water. Spearheaded by Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass, the move flies ...

The debate about the benefits and risks of fluoride is ongoing, as RFK Jr. — incoming President Trump’s pick for HHS secretary — pushes to remove it from the U.S. water supply. "Fluoride is ...

Tooth decay is a serious issue, and seven decades of science support safe levels of fluoride in public water supplies to help minimize the problem. Despite this, federal health secretary pick ...

GOOD, THOUGH. THAT'S A LOOK AT YOUR NBC. 2 TRAFFIC ALERT. >> SHOULD FLUORIDE BE IN OUR WATER? THE DEBATE NOW MOVING FORWARD IN LEE COUNTY, NBC 2 AS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED ON COLLIER COUNTY OFFICIALS ...

After three hours of impassioned pleas and dueling science among dozens of dentists, the Melbourne City Council voted early Wednesday to stop adding fluoride to the city's drinking water.

Water fluoridation is a population-based program where a precise, small amount of fluoride is added to public drinking water systems. Water fluoridation began in Australia in the 1950s.Today more ...

A Manatee County official is calling for the removal of fluoride from the county’s drinking water following a renewed national debate about whether it poses health risks. In a controversial ...

Loc Do receives funding from Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council. Fluoride is a common natural element found in water, soil, rocks and food. For the past several decades ...

Fluoride is one of the most interesting stories of public health improvement. It all began over 100 years ago, with two simple observations: 1) that lots of people in some areas of the world had ...

Kennedy Jr.'s claims that fluoride lowers IQ levels and increases the risk of neuropsychiatric disease in children. Soon thereafter, the Florida Department of Health (FDOH) issued a "community ...