Hacker News with Generative AI: Fluoride

Texas goes after toothpaste in escalating fight over fluoride (arstechnica.com)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is investigating two leading toothpaste makers over their use of fluoride, suggesting that they are "illegally marketing" the teeth cleaners to parents and kids "in ways that are misleading, deceptive, and dangerous."

Health, Politics, Consumer Protection, Fluoride

28 points by coloneltcb 7 days ago | 12 comments

Major Flaws in 2025 Meta-Analysis on Fluoride and Children IQ Scores (osf.io)

Science, Public Health, Research, Children's Health, Fluoride

103 points by jandrewrogers 30 days ago | 84 comments

RFK Jr says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water (apnews.com)

Public Health, Fluoride, Drinking Water, Politics

16 points by hbcondo714 31 days ago | 0 comments

Utah becomes first US state to ban fluoride in its water (bbc.com)
Utah has become the first US state to ban the use of fluoride in its public water, following concerns raised by health secretary Robert F Kennedy that the mineral poses potential health risks.

Public Health, Water Treatment, Fluoride, Utah, United States

505 points by Jimmc414 41 days ago | 1259 comments

Controversial fluoride analysis published after years of failed reviews (arstechnica.com)
Federal toxicology researchers on Monday finally published a long-controversial analysis that claims to find a link between high levels of fluoride exposure and slightly lower IQs in children living in areas outside the US, mostly in China and India.

Science, Health, Fluoride, China, India

5 points by jnord 122 days ago | 2 comments

'The science of fluoride is starting to evolve': behind its risks and benefits (theguardian.com)
A national conversation about fluoride’s health benefits exploded this fall after a federal toxicology report, court ruling and independent scientific review all called for updated risk-benefit analysis.

Science, Public Health, Fluoride, Health

3 points by aguaviva 163 days ago | 0 comments

Fluoride in the water – good idea or bad idea? (twitter.com)

Fluoride, Public Health, Water Treatment, Health

3 points by MrBuddyCasino 171 days ago | 0 comments

Court tells EPA to consider fluoride risk (undark.org)
A federal judge last month handed a major victory to opponents of water fluoridation, capping a seven-year legal battle over whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has failed to protect the public from potential toxic effects of fluoride, which is added to the tap water of around 200 million Americans.

Law, Environment, Public Health, Fluoride

67 points by EA-3167 209 days ago | 183 comments

Report says fluoride at twice the recommended limit linked to lower IQ in kids (abcnews.go.com)

Health, Science, Children, Fluoride

4 points by belter 253 days ago | 0 comments

Fluoride at twice the recommended limit is linked to lower IQ in kids (apnews.com)