The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA) endorse water fluoridation.
The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.
The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.
December 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the American Dental Association (ADA) endorse water fluoridation.
The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.
The CDC has recognized water fluoridation as one of the ten great public health achievements of the 20th century.
Drinking water fluoridation is widely heralded as a public health triumph since it was pioneered 80 years ago in Grand Rapids. While once largely on the fringes, fluoridation skeptics now hold sway in government, and their arguments have seeped into the mainstream. @annaleighclark.bsky.social
Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started
As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...
www.propublica.org
September 18, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Drinking water fluoridation is widely heralded as a public health triumph since it was pioneered 80 years ago in Grand Rapids. While once largely on the fringes, fluoridation skeptics now hold sway in government, and their arguments have seeped into the mainstream. @annaleighclark.bsky.social
Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, a long-term study shows.
The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.
The results contradict RFK Jr. statements.
The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.
The results contradict RFK Jr. statements.
Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows
The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.
www.nbcnews.com
April 14, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, a long-term study shows.
The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.
The results contradict RFK Jr. statements.
The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.
The results contradict RFK Jr. statements.
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like walking out of a time machine some days
April 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Concerned citizen has misgivings about water fluoridation.
A burnt-out employee makes a rounding error.
August 17, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Concerned citizen has misgivings about water fluoridation.
Utah eliminates fluoridation
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
March 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Utah eliminates fluoridation
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
NEW: RFK Jr. has dubbed fluoride “industrial waste,” and federal agencies are reviewing their approaches to fluoridation amid a backlash that has seen state and local governments upending a decadeslong public health success story.
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started
As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...
www.propublica.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
NEW: RFK Jr. has dubbed fluoride “industrial waste,” and federal agencies are reviewing their approaches to fluoridation amid a backlash that has seen state and local governments upending a decadeslong public health success story.
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
By @annaleighclark.bsky.social
Communities that end fluoridation will see more decaying teeth, according to Margherita Fontana of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
Children, older adults, people with disabilities and people who are poor are especially at risk.
Children, older adults, people with disabilities and people who are poor are especially at risk.
Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started
As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...
www.propublica.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Communities that end fluoridation will see more decaying teeth, according to Margherita Fontana of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry.
Children, older adults, people with disabilities and people who are poor are especially at risk.
Children, older adults, people with disabilities and people who are poor are especially at risk.
In the 'very unsurprising' category today...
Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Water fluoridation leading to lower rates of tooth decay in children, study finds
The findings are released as more Queensland councils opt out of water fluoridation and amid rising rates of misinformation.
www.abc.net.au
October 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
In the 'very unsurprising' category today...
Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
What if we rebranded “pasteurization” as a cleanse for your raw milk and “fluoridation” as supplements for your water?
May 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
What if we rebranded “pasteurization” as a cleanse for your raw milk and “fluoridation” as supplements for your water?
First governor to ban fluoridation, he even beat out DeSantis
April 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
First governor to ban fluoridation, he even beat out DeSantis
Didn’t get arrested, manage to keep myself from swearing. The council pulled the anti-fluoridation measure from the agenda at the start of the meeting but I made it very clear it better not show up again.
May 6, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Didn’t get arrested, manage to keep myself from swearing. The council pulled the anti-fluoridation measure from the agenda at the start of the meeting but I made it very clear it better not show up again.
NEW: I wrote about how drinking water fluoridation has long been heralded as a public health triumph, but skeptics increasingly hold sway in government.
Most notably: RFK, Jr.
And customer notice requirements are patchy, so people may not even know about it when their fluoridation stops.
Most notably: RFK, Jr.
And customer notice requirements are patchy, so people may not even know about it when their fluoridation stops.
Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started
As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending...
www.propublica.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:05 PM
NEW: I wrote about how drinking water fluoridation has long been heralded as a public health triumph, but skeptics increasingly hold sway in government.
Most notably: RFK, Jr.
And customer notice requirements are patchy, so people may not even know about it when their fluoridation stops.
Most notably: RFK, Jr.
And customer notice requirements are patchy, so people may not even know about it when their fluoridation stops.
Water fluoridation
March 7, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Water fluoridation
Cameron Wooten, a college student who lives in the service area, said he favors keeping fluoridation even if that means higher rates.
"Once you don’t have healthy teeth, your health goes down," he said.
"Once you don’t have healthy teeth, your health goes down," he said.
Water Fluoridation Could End for Some Lamar County Residents
The North Lamar Water Association in Lamar County, Mississippi, is considering ending community water fluoridation, citing costs and other problems.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Cameron Wooten, a college student who lives in the service area, said he favors keeping fluoridation even if that means higher rates.
"Once you don’t have healthy teeth, your health goes down," he said.
"Once you don’t have healthy teeth, your health goes down," he said.
I remember General Jack D. Ripper opining about the dangers of fluoridation in Dr. Strangelove, but I never imagined we’d have a Director of Health and Human Services just as nuts.
May 1, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I remember General Jack D. Ripper opining about the dangers of fluoridation in Dr. Strangelove, but I never imagined we’d have a Director of Health and Human Services just as nuts.
So a cool thing I get to do tomorrow is go yell at the Huntington Beach City Council again because now they want to discontinue supplemental fluoridation in our water supply and I honestly might lose my shit on this one.
May 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
So a cool thing I get to do tomorrow is go yell at the Huntington Beach City Council again because now they want to discontinue supplemental fluoridation in our water supply and I honestly might lose my shit on this one.
Like all other rigorous data on this topic, this latest study—measuring community water fluoridation exposure during childhood in the U.S. and any potential impact on cognition all the way up to age 80—found no association with community water fluoridation and “any measure of IQ or neurodevelopment”
Fluoride in drinking water has no effect on IQ or brain function, long-term study shows
The new research is the first to measure community water fluoridation exposure during childhood and any potential impact on cognition up to age 80.
www.nbcnews.com
April 14, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Like all other rigorous data on this topic, this latest study—measuring community water fluoridation exposure during childhood in the U.S. and any potential impact on cognition all the way up to age 80—found no association with community water fluoridation and “any measure of IQ or neurodevelopment”
i know it is a serious issue but there is just something so fuckin ridiculous about “FLUORIDATION” like some 50s comic book villains
May 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
i know it is a serious issue but there is just something so fuckin ridiculous about “FLUORIDATION” like some 50s comic book villains
Quick. How can this CDC webpage be archived? Cause it's about to be disappeared.
www.cdc.gov/fluoridation...
www.cdc.gov/fluoridation...
CDC Scientific Statement on Community Water Fluoridation
CDC's position on community water fluoridation.
www.cdc.gov
April 11, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Quick. How can this CDC webpage be archived? Cause it's about to be disappeared.
www.cdc.gov/fluoridation...
www.cdc.gov/fluoridation...
No matter how the data was sliced, there was no change in birth weight after water fluoridation began, said Matthew Neidell, an economist at Columbia University.
Fluoridation is not tied to birth weight, new study shows
No matter how the data was sliced, there was no change in birth weight after water fluoridation began, said Matthew Neidell, an economist at Columbia University.
www.sltrib.com
February 2, 2026 at 5:48 PM
No matter how the data was sliced, there was no change in birth weight after water fluoridation began, said Matthew Neidell, an economist at Columbia University.
More going backwards. There never was any evidence to support the fear of fluoridation. We're back in the 1950s and Frank Burns saying, "don't contaminate our drinking water with fluoridation." 🙄
Utah Becomes First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water (Gift Article)
Medical experts warn the move could have consequences for oral health, especially among children.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:51 PM
More going backwards. There never was any evidence to support the fear of fluoridation. We're back in the 1950s and Frank Burns saying, "don't contaminate our drinking water with fluoridation." 🙄
Communities with water fluoridation experience 25% fewer cavities, saving $32 per person annually by avoiding dental treatment costs and leading to fewer missed work and school days.
Fight for fluoride. Defend Public Health.
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
Fight for fluoride. Defend Public Health.
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Communities with water fluoridation experience 25% fewer cavities, saving $32 per person annually by avoiding dental treatment costs and leading to fewer missed work and school days.
Fight for fluoride. Defend Public Health.
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
Fight for fluoride. Defend Public Health.
@defendpublichealth.bsky.social
You can’t both sides someone who wants to end vaccination, fluoridation, and pasteurization of milk. Jesus Christ, npr.
November 15, 2024 at 7:31 PM
You can’t both sides someone who wants to end vaccination, fluoridation, and pasteurization of milk. Jesus Christ, npr.
Banning electric cars, abortion, gay marriage, fluoridation, chemtrails and vaccines, promoting the gold standard, corrupt giveaways, water pollution, tax cuts for the rich, quack medicine and child labor - this is the GOP vision for the country based on the legislation they've actually proposed
September 9, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Banning electric cars, abortion, gay marriage, fluoridation, chemtrails and vaccines, promoting the gold standard, corrupt giveaways, water pollution, tax cuts for the rich, quack medicine and child labor - this is the GOP vision for the country based on the legislation they've actually proposed