The White House on Tuesday slammed a New York Times report on Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s review of recommendations to encourage states to remove fluoride from drinking water.
On Monday, the Times reported on Kennedy kicking off a nationwide tour calling on states to ban fluoride in drinking water, which the liberal media outlet characterized as “a move that would reverse what some medical experts consider one of the most important public health practices in the country’s history.”
The report suggested that the fluoride debate in the 1950s involved “conspiracy theories” about whether the practice was a Communist plot to cause brain damage, and that “some studies suggest that excess exposure to fluoride — at levels twice the amount recommended by the federal government — could harm infants.” It also suggested Kennedy was ignoring the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which he oversees, because the agency listed fluoridation “as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century.”
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