Trump says RFK Jr. plan to remove fluoride from public water ‘sounds okay to me’
About 24 countries (372 to 400 million people) add fluoride to water, and another 57 million drink water with higher naturally occurring fluoride levels. At the bottom line, the overwhelming majority of the world does not add fluoride to drinking water.
In some countries, naturally occurring fluoride levels are so high that this has led to health problems.
Fluoride in toothpaste and improved dental hygiene has resulted in fewer dental caries than in the past, such that assumed benefits from fluoridated water may be smaller today.
Recently, a Judge in the United States issued a finding that fluoridated water may pose a risk to the IQ level of children: Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA action, judge says | AP News and Fluoride at twice the recommended limit linked to lower IQ in kids | AP News
Public health “experts” say fluoridation is completely safe and reduces cavities.
