Fluoride in water prevents some cavities but concern about health risks raises questions about the tradeoffs
The public health practice of adding fluoride to water supplies faces new scrutiny as a few recent reports raise concerns ...
Benefits of adding fluoride to water may be waning, new research suggests
The widespread use of toothpaste and mouthwashes with added fluoride in recent decades appears to have diminished the health ...
Pediatrician explains why children need fluoride
Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay and makes your child's teeth stronger. Fluoride can be found in drinking water, food and ...
Fluoride in toothpaste means we may not need it in drinking water
Fluoride in toothpaste has largely prevented the need to keep adding it to drinking water, a major review has found. In ...
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Ask the Pediatrician: Why do children need fluoride?
Fluoride helps prevent tooth decay and makes your child's teeth stronger. Fluoride can be found in drinking water, food and ...
Fluoride in drinking water poses enough risk to merit new EPA action, judge says
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to further regulate fluoride in drinking water because ...
Fluoride in Drinking Water May be Dangerous to Children's Health
Our public health system encourages fluoride use to prevent cavities. Dentists advise patients with multiple occurrences of ...
EPA Ordered to Address Risks of Fluoride in Water Linked to Children's IQ
A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the EPA must take steps to lower the potential risk of fluoride causing lower IQs in ...
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Why adding fluoride to drinking water may be unnecessary
Fluoride in toothpaste has largely prevented the need ... but judges in the US set a safe level of fluoride at 0.4 mg/L, less than half that of planned levels. Advocates of mass fluoridation ...
Hillsboro voters will advise city whether to add fluoride to water supply
Fluoride is widely used to strengthen tooth enamel, but opponents say it can hurt children’s neurological development.
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Fluoride in water prevents some cavities but concern about health risks raises questions about the tradeoffs
In particular, toothpaste that includes fluoride has ... along with the CDC – continue to support the use of fluoride as a safe and effective way to maintain dental health.