The issue is with international standards that are more than double of the USA standard. This concern is in relation to pregnant women and the effect on infants when exposed to higher levels in water. The international standards are recommendations and have been lowered. Some countries are still administering amounts that could easily be adjusted down without causing harm.
The ideas surrounding all these complaints about ESTABLISHED standards is more politics than any valid concern. No one should be signing a presidential executive order the first day in office to ban fluoride in drinking water.
The best approach to changing long standing policy when it comes to health in the USA is to hand the question to the National Institutes of Health and require research to validate the health benefits and any adverse effects if they exist. To completely disrupt a long held health practice in this country is extremely irresponsible and dangerous.
Internationally if the USA is recording adverse outcomes from higher levels of fluoride in the drinking water it can make strong recommendations through the UN and/or the World Health Organization.
Kennedy and Trump’s point of view is too extreme and if enacted needs immediate lawsuits to stop it until more is known about the important well being of the American people. Their approach is marred with unfounded fear.
There is simply no solid research to
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