U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and conservatives across the country have been working to ban ...

US conservatives push bans on fluoride in drinking water, citing health risks, while health officials stress its proven role in reducing tooth decay and strengthening teeth since 1945.

When you pour yourself a cup of tap water, you might not think about how it’s impacting your dental health. But the nearly three-quarters of Americans who live in jurisdictions that fluoridate their ...

Every time we turn on the water tap, we’re doing more than quenching thirst — we’re protecting smiles. For generations, community water fluoridation has quietly and powerfully helped Maryland children ...

The discovery that fluoride can help people maintain healthy teeth dates back to Colorado Springs in the early 1900s. That’s when a young dentist named Frederick McKay noticed brown staining on the ...

Water fluoridation above a certain level is linked to 30% higher than expected rates of hypothyroidism in England, according to a new study by U.K. researchers in the Journal of Epidemiology & ...

WASHINGTON -- U.S. health regulators announced an effort Tuesday to phase out ingestible fluoride supplements sometimes used to strengthen children's teeth, opening a new front in Health Secretary ...

Colgate-Palmolive will introduce new packaging and marketing for its toothpaste products, after Texas Attorney General Ken ...