Post by ferris1248 on Nov 3, 2024 10:31:02 GMT -5
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged Saturday that a future Trump administration would seek to remove fluoride from drinking water as a Day 1 goal, reversing a decades-old intervention widely credited for boosting public health."
“On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water,” Kennedy wrote Saturday on social media, adding a list of medical conditions that he said were associated with fluoride consumption, such as bone fractures and neurodevelopmental disorders. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has pledged that Kennedy will be empowered to play a major role overseeing health policy if he is elected."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long recommended putting fluoride in Americans’ drinking water, hailing it as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century and citing data that the practice reduces cavities by about 25 percent in children and adults."
In 1962, the U.S. Public Health Service recommended adding small amounts of fluoride, a naturally occurring mineral, to drinking water to strengthen teeth and replace minerals lost to routine wear and tear — a decision that helped fuel wild, often baseless allegations about public health officials’ motivations. That resistance was lampooned in the 1964 satirical film, “Dr. Strangelove,” in which the film’s antagonist — a paranoid general — justifies his decision to spark nuclear war by blaming fluoridation, saying it is “the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face.”
But it has long been a bipartisan priority on Capitol Hill and around the country."
Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) introduced legislation in January to further fund the CDC’s oral health agenda, including state fluoridation efforts."
Trump has said he is committed to including Kennedy in his administration and will empower him on public health."
“I’m gonna let him go wild on health. I’m gonna let him go wild on the food. I’m gonna let him go wild on medicines,” Trump said."
www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-will-push-to-get-fluoride-out-of-drinking-water-rfk-jr-says/ar-AA1tpRBi?ocid=anaheim-ntp-feeds&pc=u531&cvid=41f59b9012294e11bb0378636caaddf2&ei=16
“On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water,” Kennedy wrote Saturday on social media, adding a list of medical conditions that he said were associated with fluoride consumption, such as bone fractures and neurodevelopmental disorders. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, has pledged that Kennedy will be empowered to play a major role overseeing health policy if he is elected."
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long recommended putting fluoride in Americans’ drinking water, hailing it as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century and citing data that the practice reduces cavities by about 25 percent in children and adults."
In 1962, the U.S. Public Health Service recommended adding small amounts of fluoride, a naturally occurring mineral, to drinking water to strengthen teeth and replace minerals lost to routine wear and tear — a decision that helped fuel wild, often baseless allegations about public health officials’ motivations. That resistance was lampooned in the 1964 satirical film, “Dr. Strangelove,” in which the film’s antagonist — a paranoid general — justifies his decision to spark nuclear war by blaming fluoridation, saying it is “the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face.”
But it has long been a bipartisan priority on Capitol Hill and around the country."
Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) introduced legislation in January to further fund the CDC’s oral health agenda, including state fluoridation efforts."
Trump has said he is committed to including Kennedy in his administration and will empower him on public health."
“I’m gonna let him go wild on health. I’m gonna let him go wild on the food. I’m gonna let him go wild on medicines,” Trump said."
www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/trump-will-push-to-get-fluoride-out-of-drinking-water-rfk-jr-says/ar-AA1tpRBi?ocid=anaheim-ntp-feeds&pc=u531&cvid=41f59b9012294e11bb0378636caaddf2&ei=16
