Water fluoridation revolutionized dentistry, especially for children. Why does the right wing think it's a problem?
Regular visits to the dentist to fill cavities used to be a shared ordeal for millions of American children and adults. The reason that hasn't been the case for late baby boomers and subsequent generations is that the fluoridation of drinking water became common starting in the late 1940s and continuing today. So it's right to question why Donald Trump's nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Jack D. Ripper declares that 'fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face' — echoing the position of the John Birch Society. The anti-fluoridation camp has long claimed that the process 'increased the risk for cancer, Down syndrome, heart disease, osteoporosis and bone fracture, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, low intelligence, Alzheimer disease, allergic reactions, and other health conditions,' the CDC noted in 1999.
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