Educating patients and communities about fluoride and fluoridation can be challenging in this environment.
Terrific, New Educational Resources
September 10th, 2025 Communities Supporting Fluoride, Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health
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Pediatricians Continue to Recommend Fluoridation
August 26th, 2025 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health
Pediatricians share their perspectives and how they are talking with parents about fluoride.
Where Does Fluoride Come From?
July 10th, 2025 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health
Community water fluoridation, introduced more than 80 years ago, is as American as fresh corn on the cob.
A Troubling ‘What If’?
June 16th, 2025 Children's Oral Health and Fluoride, Facts about Fluoride
If all 50 states banned water fluoridation, children would suffer 25.4 million additional decayed teeth over a five-year period.
Kennedy Vows a Push to End Fluoridation
November 4th, 2024 Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride in the News
Fluoridation is disease prevention, and we have seen the far-reaching impacts of removing it from public water supplies.
Decision in EPA Case: As Flawed As the Analysis It’s Based On
October 4th, 2024 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride Dangers, Fluoride in the News, Fluoride in water
On Tuesday, September 23, 2024, Judge Edward M. Chen of the US District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must issue new rules related to fluoride levels in tap water. The court wrote that “this finding does not conclude with certainty that fluoridated water is injurious to […]
More Australians Benefiting from Fluoridation
October 3rd, 2024 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride in water
Water fluoridation is even more common in Australia than it is in the United States. A 2023 research review reported that 89% of Australians with access to public water systems receive water that is fluoridated to help prevent tooth decay. And that percentage has recently risen. This summer, the community water system in Bunbury — […]
Troubled Government Report Finally Sees the Light of Day
August 27th, 2024 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride in the News
On August 21, 2024, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) posted the NTP Monograph on the State of the Science Concerning Fluoride Exposure and Neurodevelopment and Cognition: A Systematic Review on its website and concluded “with a moderate degree of confidence” that higher estimated exposure to fluoride is associated with lower IQ in children. The NTP […]
Fluoride & IQ: Until recently, concerns were rarely raised
August 26th, 2024 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride in the News
Updated September 23, 2025. Thanks to fluoride in water, America has been preventing tooth decay for over 80 years. Fluoridation is effective, safe and benefits everyone regardless of age or income. About 3 out of 4 people in U.S. communities enjoy fluoridated water. So, until recently, concerns about fluoride and IQ were rare. Studies conducted […]
Maternal Urinary Fluoride: Not a Valid Measure for Study’s Conclusion
May 21st, 2024 Facts about Fluoride, Fluoride and Public Health, Fluoride Dangers, Fluoride in the News
A new study in JAMA Network Open (Malin, et al.) claims to have found an association between maternal urinary fluoride (MUF) levels and later deficiencies in children’s executive function. This study used urine “spot samples” to measure a pregnant woman’s overall exposure to fluoride. Why Spot Samples Are Not Valid for this Study Experts in […]
