Major health groups support water fluoridation as a public health benefit and emphasize that the practice is safe.

Summary

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that a Trump administration would prioritize removing fluoride from public water systems, a position at odds with major health organizations like the CDC, the American Dental Association, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, all of which endorse water fluoridation as safe and beneficial for dental health.

Despite Kennedy’s controversial stance on health and environmental issues, which includes previously debunked claims linking vaccines to autism, Trump has praised his passion, stating that Kennedy would have significant freedom to influence health policy if Trump were elected.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    61·
    1 month ago

    You can find studies saying anything you want if you look. Find a meta-analysis and see what it says about all the studies together.

      • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Yes, high concentrations of anything aren’t good for you. That study found a negative effect at comparatively high levels, but did not quantify any safe level, let alone conclude the safe level is zero.

        Our review cannot be used to derive an exposure limit, because the actual exposures of the individual children are not known. Misclassification of children in both high- and low-exposure groups may have occurred if the children were drinking water from other sources (e.g., at school or in the field).

        Based on known performance in areas with lower fluoridation (≤1 mg/L), it would suggest there is a safe limit that can improve dental health without neurotoxicity.