President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration could try to remove fluoride from drinking water, according to Robert F. Kennedy Jr. This story also ran on .
It can be . Kennedy, who was tapped last week by Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, called fluoride an “industrial waste” and linked it to cancer and other diseases and disorders while campaigning for Trump. “On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.
S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease,” Kennedy Kennedy linked to a video from an attorney who recently the Environmental Protection Agency to take additional measures to regulate fluoride in drinking water.
Kennedy, who ending water fluoridation, following Trump’s election win. When asked before the election whether his administration would remove fluoride from drinking water, , “Well, I haven’t talked to him about it yet, but it sounds OK to me. You know it’s possible.
” Kennedy is an influential vaccine skeptic whose campaign of conspiracy theories earned PolitiFact’s 2023 “ .” Longtime research has found that adding fluoride to U.S.
drinking water is a safe way to boost children’s oral health. Since 2015, the recommended level in the U.S.
has been 0.7 milligrams per liter. Public health organizations, including the , the , and the , support.