On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water," Kennedy wrote Saturday on social media, adding a list of medical conditions that he said were associated with fluoride consumption, such as bone fractures and neurodevelopmental disorders. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has pledged that Kennedy will be empowered to play a major role overseeing health policy if he is elected.
Decades of research and practical experience indicate that fluoride is safe and beneficial to oral health," Linda Edgar, president of the American Dental Association, said in a statement in August. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long recommended putting fluoride in Americans' drinking water, hailing it as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century and citing data that the practice reduces cavities by about 25 percent in children and adults.
The practice of putting fluoride in Americans' water began in 1945 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. More than 200 million Americans are on fluoridated water systems, according to a 2022 CDC summary.
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