The independent newspaper revealed that fluoride prevents tooth decay in a quarter of adults and children, but that excessive exposure to it for long periods could lead to health risks from public water supplies, as fluoride is used to strengthen teeth and replace minerals lost through wear and tear, and about 44% of Americans use tap water that contains fluoride, he explained that Trump will advise every water system in the United States to remove fluoride from public water.
Kennedy told his supporters that Trump promised to give him “control” of several public health agencies, such as the Department of Health and Human Services, stressing that fluoride is an industrial waste linked to arthritis, fractures bone, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.
He said there is a link between high levels of fluoride exposure and low IQ in children, based on studies done on fluoride levels at twice the recommended limit for drinking water that high levels of fluoride exposure during pregnancy is linked to lower IQ in children.
But major public health organizations support adding fluoride to water, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Dental Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has named the national process of adding fluoride to drinking water one of the ten greatest public health interventions of the 20th century because of the dramatic decline in cases of tooth decay from the process began in 1945.
Almost all water contains some natural fluoride, but at very low levels to prevent tooth decay The recommended level is 0.7 milligrams per liter, and state and local governments decide whether to apply fluoride. In some areas, there is enough natural fluoride to prevent tooth decay.
Almost a decade ago, for the first time in more than 50 years, the federal government lowered the recommended amount of fluoride in drinking water, which was previously between 0.7 and 1.2 milligrams per liter.
The newspaper explained that 37 states authorize local governments and residents to make decisions about adding fluoride to water, and 13 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia have laws that fluoride must be added to water at the state level, and a group said some communities refused to do so.
Fluoride levels vary around the world, with most European countries using fluoride in various ways, including through water fluoridation programs, salt, fluoridated milk, and other treatments. They had naturally fluoridated water, and nearly half of the 435 million people in the US population had fluoridated water at the recommended level.
The Independent newspaper said: Fluoride It has both beneficial and negative effects, according to the World Health Organization It can reduce tooth decay and cavities, and can cause bone disease after exposure to large amounts of it. Excessive concentrations of fluoride in drinking water are estimated to have caused tens of millions of cases of dental and skeletal fluoride poisoning worldwide, and research is divided on other effects, such as bone fractures.
Experts still say the benefits outweigh the risks, and the American Dental Association says studies have shown that adding fluoride to toothpaste reduces tooth decay by at least a quarter in children and adults—even with the availability of fluoride-containing toothpastes. Fluoride On a large scale.
Dental infections can be so bad, you can end up in the hospital, Dr. Meg Lokhari, a pediatric dentist in North Carolina, said earlier this year.
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