Recommendations of the Editorial team
With disregarding the recommendations of doctors, the Minister for Health and Social Affairs (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the Republicans on a campaign against a measure that is considered one of the greatest achievements in the field of public health. The Fluoride of drinking water.
Desantis and Kennedy face decades of recommendations from the health authorities
The governor of Florida,, Ron Desantisbanned the fluoridation of the drinking water on Thursday after Utah took a similar step in March. At least five other states consider similar bans.
“Yes, fluoride for the teeth is fine. But mixing it up to drinking water is basically a forced medication of the population”, said Desantis. “People have no choice. You take this opportunity.”
Several states plan similar bans
Kennedy explained last monthHe will instruct the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to set the recommendation for fluoride – i.e. the addition of fluoride to drinking water. Although this has been shown to prevent caries. He also announced the establishment of a task force to examine fluoride in drinking water. On the same day, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which defines the permissible fluoride content in the water, explained it to “new scientific knowledge” on the risks of fluoride.
The HHS boss described Utah as the “pioneer in the restoration of America’s health” after the state had banished fluoride from public drinking water.
“I am very, very proud that this state was the first fluoride. And I hope that many more will follow,” he said.
Scientific evaluation vs. political agenda
Kentucky,, Louisiana,, Massachusetts,, Nebraska and South Carolina Also check a ban on fluoride. Portland, Oregon, voted in 1956 for a ban on fluoride. And have in the past six years according to information The Associated Press sets at least 734 water supply systems to fluoride your water.
The Food and Drug Administration, which belongs to the HHS, announced this week that it begins to start fluoride -containing nutritional supplements for Children From the shelves too remove. “The use of the use of fluoride -containing nutritional supplements is long overdue,” said Kennedy in a press release.
Experts warn of drastic consequences for dental health
Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that has achieved a dramatic success in improving the dental health of the Americans. In 1999 the CDC described the Fluoridation of drinking water as one of the ten largest achievements of the 20th century in the field of public health. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Was the first city in the United States, which fluoridated her drinking water in 1945. The results of this experiment were a big breakthrough. For the first time, caries was an avoidable disease for the majority of people. Federal civil servants approved the fluoridation in 1950.
Roads through Elon Musks so -called Ministry of Government Efficiency led to the abolition the Department of Oral Health of the CDC, which published guidelines for fluoridation.
Local governments also consider a ban on fluoride. In Florida, the Miami-Dade County considered such a resolution. Which, however, was rejected by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava.
Political pressure also at the local level
“The fluoridation of drinking water is a safe, effective and efficient method to preserve dental health in our county. And their attitude could have long -term health consequences. Especially for our most endangered families”, explained Levine Cava in a statement. The commissioners voted to overlook their veto.
Kennedy said in a November contribution on xThat Trump would push on it to remove fluoride from the drinking water. Which has not yet happened. “On January 20, the White House under Trump will recommend all water supply companies in the USA to remove fluoride from public drinking water,” he wrote. “Fluoride is an industrial drop. Which is associated with arthritis, broken bones, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurological developmental disorders and thyroid diseases.”
Fluoride can be a by -product of industrial waste. But that’s not his main definition. “Of course, in almost all floors and water as well as in many rocks”, it happens So the CDC. Excessive amounts of fluoride are related to skeletal fluorosis, a bone disease. Fluoride concentrations that are far above those in the drinking water With a Under the thyroid.
No connection with reduced IQ
Last year had A federal judge that EPA has to issue stricter regulations for fluoride in drinking water, since higher fluoride concentrations could be a risk for children.
A Report of the The Ministry of Health came to the conclusion at the beginning of last year that fluoride concentrations that are twice as high as the recommended limit values were connected to children in children.
Kennedy’s plan to instruct the CDC unilaterally to no longer recommend the fluoridation, according to experts, is unorthodox.
“If you are really serious, you don’t just get and change something,” said Lawrence Gostin, expert in health law at Georgetown University, Compared to the Associated Press. “You commission someone like the National Academy of Sciences to a study. And then you follow their recommendations.”