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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Drivers urged to buy common 50p item during heavy rain or risk £2,500 fine
With the autumnal weather in full force, people are being told there is one product that could help them drive in the rain ...
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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 ...
Water fluoridation ‘less effective’ than in the past – study
Researchers said many older studies examining the effects of water fluoridation are “not representative today” so they chose ...
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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.
The Meadville Tribune6d
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 (EPA) to further regulate fluoride in drinking water ...
Sentinel Colorado5d
Judge: Risk from fluoride in drinking water merits EPA review — Aurora levels could warrant action
Separately, the EPA has a longstanding requirement that water systems cannot have more than 4 milligrams of fluoride per ...