Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first city in the world to add fluoride to drinking water in 1945 as part of a study first sponsored by the U.S. Surgeon General, then taken over by the National ...

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary warned that the chemicals making up the fluoride being used in ...

The agency said levels of fluoride in EU drinking water are safe, but that questions remain on how exposure to the mineral ...

We have often heard that re-boiled water leads to the accumulation of allegedly hazardous substances, including metals such ...

One of York County’s last, and largest, providers of fluoridated drinking water might discontinue the practice. Red Lion ...

It concluded that drinking water with more than 1.5 milligrams of fluoride per liter was associated with lower IQs in kids.

Water fluoridation is not mandatory, and although there is a recommended fluoride concentration in drinking water (0.7 milligrams per liter) from the CDC, that is not an enforceable standard.

Arkansas State Sen. Bryan King has been trying to repeal a 2011 mandate that added fluoride to most public drinking water.

According to the anti-fluoride group Fluoride Action Network, since 2010, over 240 communities around the world have removed fluoride from their drinking water or decided not to add it.

KEY TAKEAWAYS Utah bans fluoride in public drinking water, becoming the first state to do so. The ban follows a 2019 incident in Sandy with excess fluoride exposure.

Florida moves to ban fluoride from public drinking water By Alana Wise (NPR) April 30, 2025 3:40 p.m.