Hacker News with Generative AI: Fluoride

RFK Jr's plan to ban fluoride supplements will "hurt rural America," (arstechnica.com)
This week, the US health department announced a plan to ban prescription fluoride supplements for children.

Health Policy, Fluoride, Rural America

12 points by rbanffy 41 days ago | 2 comments

FDA plan to ban fluoride supplements baffles and alarms dental experts (sciencenews.org)
A decades-old dental health treatment may soon vanish in the United States. Access to fluoride supplements, prescribed to prevent cavities in children without access to fluoridated water, is now under threat from a controversial move by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Health, Dental Health, Government Regulations, Fluoride

18 points by XzetaU8 41 days ago | 2 comments

RFK Jr plan to ban fluoride supplements will "hurt rural America," dentists say (arstechnica.com)
This week, the US health department announced a plan to ban prescription fluoride supplements for children.

Health, Fluoride, Rural America, Politics

9 points by rntn 42 days ago | 0 comments

FDA and RFK Jr. aim to remove fluoride products used to protect kids' teeth (apnews.com)
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FDA, Health, Politics, Public Health, Fluoride

19 points by c420 45 days ago | 9 comments

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 56 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 80 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 81 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 91 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 172 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 213 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 221 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 258 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 303 days ago | 0 comments

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