On Monday, US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Disease Control and Prevention Centers To stop proposing fluoride in communities throughout the country. Kennedy said that health professionals have been a duty force to examine the issue and make new suggestions.
Also MondayUS Environmental Protection AgencyHe announced that fluoride has reviewed “new scientific information about the potential health risks in drinking water. The EPA determines the maximum permissible levels permitted in public water systems.
Kennedy told Associated Press about his plans after a press conference with EPA managerLee ZeldinSalt Lake City.
Kennedy cannot order communities to stop fluorrhaation, but can direct the CDC to stop recommending and to work with EPA to change the amount allowed.
Utah was the first state to ban last monthFlooride in public drinking waterPushing the pastOpposition from dentists and national health institutionsHe warned that the movement would damage disproportionately to low -income inhabitants who cannot meet their regular dentist visits.
Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a legislation that prevented them from deciding not to add a preventive mineral to drinking water to drinking water. Water systems throughout the state should stop fluoritation until May 7.
Kennedy praised Utah for emerging as a leader in making America healthy again ”. It was besieged by the Utah legislative leaders and the sponsor of the state’s fluoride law.
“I am very proud to be the first state to ban him from this state, and I hope there will be more.”
Kennedy supervises CDC, whose suggestions are widely followed but not compulsory. State and local governmentsAdd fluoride to water and decide not to add itAnd if so, how much – unless it exceeds a maximum set by EPA, which is currently 4 milligrams per liter.
Zeldin said that the agency has initiated a renovated study of scientific studies on potential health risks of drinking water to help inform any change in national standards.
Zeldin said, “When this evaluation is completed, we will have an updated basic scientific assessment that will inform the agency’s future steps,” Zeldin said. “Secretary Kennedy has been at the forefront of this problem for a long time. Devocation was effective in our decision to review the risks of exposure and fluoride, and we are determined to work next to it, to use sound science while progressing our mission of protecting human health and environment.”
According to CDC, fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces gaps by changing the minerals lost during normal wear and wear. In 1950, the federal authorities approved water fluoridation to prevent dental decay, and in 1962 they set instructions on how much it should be added to the water.
Kennedy, a former environmental lawyer, called the fluoride as “dangerous neurotoxin ve and said that it was associated with arthritis, bone fractures and thyroid disease. Some studies have suggested that such connections can often be at the levels of fluoride than recommended, but some reviews questioned the quality of the existing evidence and said that a definite conclusion could not be achieved.
In November, only days before the presidential elections, Kennedy Donald declared TrumpThey forced to remove fluorideOn the first day as president, drinking water. This did not happen, but Trump then chose Kennedy to runUSA Ministry of Health and Human ServicesIt is expected to take some kind of action. By the wayLocalitiesThey decided whether to continue to add fluoride.
About all these: a large personnel deduction in federal agencies last week included the elimination of the CDC’s Oral Health section of 20 people. This office directed grants to local agencies to improvedental healthAnd in some cases encourage fluorrising.
Researchers say that fluoride can come from a number of sources, but the most important drinking water for Americans, he says. According to CDC data, about two -thirds of the US population is receiving fluorine drinking water. The addition of low fluoride levels to drinking water was considered one of the greatest public health achievements of the last century.
According to the 2022 CDC analysis, about one-third of the community water systems-Fluted 17,000 out of 51,000 out of 51,000 throughout the US. The agency is currently recommending 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter water.
However, over time, studies have documented potential problems. It is associated with too many fluoride drawing or stains on teeth. Studies also followed a connection between excessive fluoride and brain development.
Last year, a report of the Federal Government, which summarizes the work in Canada, China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Mexico, concluded that more than 1.5 milligrams of fluoride per liter and drinking water – more than twice the proposed level in the United States.Related to low IQs in children.
The American Association of Dentists said that decreased fluoride in drinking water decreased tooth decay. The group said he was willing to help to carry out high -quality studies to solve the subject.
Brett Kessler, the president of the association, said, “When the government officials like the secretary Kennedy stand behind the interpretation of incorrect information and insecure refereed research, it is harmful to public health,” he said.
Lorna Koci, President of the Utah Oral Health Coalition, said on Monday that he hoped that other states will withdraw against the abolition of fluoride, and that the visit of Kennedy’s state of celebration of the fluoride ban of the state underlined the political motivation of those who support him.
“This seems less about this fluoride and power, Koc said Kocci.
This story initially took part in Fortune.com
