Fluoride is, after all, a potentially toxic waste product. When fluoridation of water started 60 years ago, there was no good evidence to suggest that fluoride might prevent tooth decay.
THIS MINERAL, A form of the element fluorine, was found to prevent tooth decay and cavities in the early 1900s. (A dentist in Colorado saw that people whose water naturally had high levels of fluoride ...
His skepticism about fluoride has reignited the debate about whether fluoride is good or bad. RFK Jr.’s pledge that Trump’s administration would ‘advise all U.S. systems to remove fluoride ...
Please enable JavaScript to read this content. Excessive fluoride intake can lead to skeletal fluorosis, which affects the bones and joints. [iStockphoto] To function ...
More than 200 million people in the United States live in areas where fluoride is added to tap water. According to the most recent data from 2012, 24 other countries around the world — including ...