Fluoride in Your Drinking Water Is a Good Thing

Melbourne to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
After three hours of impassioned pleas and dueling science among dozens of dentists, the Melbourne City Council voted Tuesday to stop adding fluoride to the city's drinking water.
Yes, Fluoride in Your Drinking Water Is a Good Thing
If you’ve got a mouthful of healthy teeth, you can probably thank some kind of combo of good genes, a solid brushing routine—and the presence of fluoride in your drinking water. Since the 1940s, adding the mineral to the public water supply has been the norm in many places throughout the US.
City leaders vote to remove fluoride from drinking water
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Fluoride in the water: Safety or health hazard?
Should fluoride remain in our water? Stats show that it reduces tooth decay, but some critics argue it may lead to more health issues.
Melbourne mayor pushing to ban fluoride in drinking water
The city of Melbourne could soon follow the lead of other communities that have banned fluoride in their drinking water. "Science is constantly updating, so we have to update as well," Mayor Paul Alfrey said.
There’s a Scary Study About Fluoride and Children’s IQ Going Around. Here’s What It Really Means.
Fluoride is one of the most interesting stories of public health improvement. It all began over 100 years ago, with two ...
Crest, Colgate lawsuits target fluoride in kids' toothpaste, mouth rinse
Procter & Gamble and Colgate-Palmolive are among the defendants in six new lawsuits targeting the sale of toothpaste and ...
Children exposed to higher fluoride levels have lower IQs, a government study finds
A rigorous nine-year research review looking at the relationship between fluoride and intelligence in children concludes that ...
Is fluoride really linked to lower IQ, as a recent study suggested? Here’s why you shouldn’t worry
Tooth decay (also known as caries or cavities) can have negative effects on dental health, overall health and quality of life ...
GRU Authority terminates solar agreement, hears from residents on fluoride use in water
GRU General Manager Ed Bielarski said the cost of the solar project had doubled since the initial Power Purchase Agreement ...
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Tooth Decay Rose in Canadian Cities Without Fluoride. RFK Wants This for the US.
Montreal residents say a petition by RFK, the US health secretary nominee, stoked their city’s rejection of fluoride.
Study Links High Fluoride Exposure to Lower I.Q. in Children
The results of a new federal analysis were drawn from studies conducted in other countries, where drinking water contains ...
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UB dental experts available to discuss fluoride and impact of water fluoridation on public health and safety
Marcelo Araujo, dean and professor, and Marcelle Nascimento, director of cariology and assistant dean for clinical research, ...
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Residents address topic of fluoride in tap water at a GRU meeting
There was controversy at a GRU authority board meeting over whether fluoride is safe, and residents aimed to get this added ...
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Concerns grow about fluoride in water, how much is in Erie’s?
A recently released study links exposure to high levels of fluoride to lower IQ in children raising concerns about fluoride in drinking water. Between that study from the National Institutes of Health ...