Utah has become the first state in the United States to ban the addition of fluoride to public drinking water systems as concerns continue to grow over decades of practice. Make America healthy again (Maha) Movement.
Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law Thursday prohibiting cities and communities from determining whether to add chemicals to their water systems.
The bill was passed by Congress last month and is expected to come into effect on May 7th.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox compared fluoride to “take medicines” by the government. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
RFK JR. Calls for fluoride removal from drinking water, causing controversy
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says fluoride strengthens teeth and reduces cavities by replacing minerals lost during normal wear and tears.
However, critics have long said that washing teeth with fluoride is not comparable to the risks posed by ingesting fluoride, the latter can cause harmful neurotoxic effects. Fluorides used in public systems are not normally naturally generated fluorides, but instead are sourced from the phosphate fertilizer industry and are captured during processing to prevent environmental emissions.
A Utah legislator who called for the ban said putting fluoride in water was too expensive to improve dental health. Growing up, Cox raised his own child in a fluorinated, waterless community, but recently compared by the government to “take medicines.”
Photo illustration of tap water in a transparent glass drink glass. Utah will ban fluoride from adding to water supplies on May 7th. (Read Eagle via Hasty/Medianews Group/Getty Images)
Rep. Stephanie Grisius, a Republican, told Fox News Digital in January that he had been working on the bill since early last year, noting that fluoride is a prescription regulated by the federal government.
“Community water fluorination and informed consent, it is based on good ones health carewe cannot coexist,” Grisius said.
She said only two of Utah’s 29 counties practice community water fluorination. 70,000 childrenresearchers found that there was no significant difference in child teeth decay between counties that add fluoride and those that do not.
“In fact, counties with the lowest amount of collapse do not add fluoride,” she said.
The American Dental Association has sharply criticized Cox and Utah legislators, indicating that the ban “want to ignore the oral health and well-being of their members.” The group said that tooth decay is the most common chronic pediatric disease.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to ban fluoride from public water systems from the federal government. (Getty Images)
Fluorides in water related to lower intelligence
Health and Human Services (HHS) Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. vowed in November to ban practices across the country.
“Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer and IQ loss. Neurodevelopmental disorders Thyroid disease,” RFK wrote in a November X post.
Kennedy, considered the father of the Maha movement since he approved President Trump’s presidential election in July, aims to improve nutrition, eliminate toxins, maintain its natural habitat and combat the country’s chronic disease epidemic.
If Kennedy ended the practice, the policy that Grand Rapids was first enacted 80 years ago would be overturned, making Michigan the first city in the world to fluoresce water supply.
Today, more than 200 million Americans, or about 75% of the population, drink fluorinated water.
Aquatics for plants that add fluoride to drinking water in Healdsburg, California. (Michael Macor/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
September, judge In California High levels can pose “irrational risks” to children’s intellectual development, so the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has ordered further regulation of fluoride.
“In fact, the EPA’s own experts agree that fluoride is dangerous with some degree of exposure,” the judge said. “And it’s fully proof that mothers are exposed to fluoride. Pregnant This is associated with a decrease in IQ in her offspring. ”
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State lawmakers, including Ohio, South Carolina and Florida, have also made proposals to restrict local governments or water system operators from adding fluoride to water.
Proposals for fluorination restrictions in New Hampshire, Tennessee and North Dakota have been rejected. Kentucky takes measures to stop fluorination as an option in the state Senate.
Ashley J. Dimella of Fox News and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
