Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, is taking a swing at fluoride in drinking water.
In a post earlier this month, Kennedy said the Trump administration will advocate for the removal of fluoride from all U.S. water systems.
Fluoride is a sometimes naturally occurring mineral that promotes tooth enamel health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends a level of 0.7 milligrams per liter of fluoride in drinking water to prevent tooth decay.
The mineral was first added to drinking water in the U.S. in 1945, at the recommendation of several scientists who concluded fluoridated water resulted in fewer cavities and less severe tooth decay, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Grand Rapids, Michigan became the first U.S. city to implement water fluoridation in 1945. Less than a year later, the city of Marshall in East Texas became the first city in the state, and one of just three in the U.S., to implement community water fluoridation.
Now, 72% of Texans drink adjusted or naturally occurring fluoride in their water, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services.
You can read on for more about fluoride and its effects and the bullshit that lying frauds like RFKJr spout about it. I originally clicked on the link because of the headline that said that a Texas city was a pioneer in fluoridation. If you had given me 20 guesses I would not have gotten the right answer. Maybe in 50 guesses, I dunno. Kudos to the city of Marshall regardless. I was also interested in this because the link between fluoride and utter crackpottery is deep and abiding, and it fascinates me for reasons I’d rather not examine too closely. I don’t have a bigger point to make, I just wanted to note this for the record. Now remember to brush twice a day and maybe make an appointment to get some booster shots.
Flouride kills brain worms.