California public health officials are touting the safety and health benefits of fluoride in drinking water, as U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reportedly revealed plans to curtail the practice and the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will conduct a review on the topic.
Kennedy told the Associated Press he planned to tell the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending communities fluoridate drinking water. He also said he was in the process of assembling a task force to address the issue.
Meanwhile, the EPA announced Monday that it had begun an effort to “expeditiously review new scientific information on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water,” the agency said in a written statement.
