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(WSAZ) - U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to ...
Dr. Susan Monarez is slated to be sworn in as director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday, a ...
Monarez, 50, was named acting director in January and then tapped as the nominee in March after Trump abruptly withdrew his first choice, David Weldon.
Commissioner Marty Makary warned that the chemicals making up the fluoride being used in drinking water could be ...
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing to end the use of fluoride in water and intends to tell the CDC to stop recommending fluoridation in communities across the country.
The CDC currently recommends 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water, while the EPA allows up to 4 milligrams.
Fluoride can come from a number of sources, but drinking water is the main one for Americans, researchers say. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population gets fluoridated drinking water, according to ...
A bill recently introduced to the state Senate would ban fluoride in Pennsylvania’s public drinking water, part of growing skepticism toward the naturally-occurring mineral that dental health experts ...
The CDC's recommendations are widely followed but not mandatory. State and local governments decide whether to add fluoride to water and, if so, how much — as long as it doesn’t exceed the EPA ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities ...