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The United States has been adding fluoride to public water supplies since the 1940s and, today, about 77% of Americans have fluoride in their water.
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Lust was remarkably similar to Kennedy, who decries pesticides, opposes fluoride in tap water, and has long stoked baseless fears about vaccines.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Here’s What to Know, According to Science PEOPLE previously reported that fluoride in drinking water has long been championed as one of the greatest health breakthroughs in the 20th century, and continues to be supported by the American Dental Association.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Florida's surgeon general issued guidance on Friday recommending communities in the state stop adding fluoride to their water.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Lust was remarkably similar to Kennedy, who decries pesticides, opposes fluoride in tap water, and has long stoked baseless fears about vaccines.
—Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
Here’s What to Know, According to Science PEOPLE previously reported that fluoride in drinking water has long been championed as one of the greatest health breakthroughs in the 20th century, and continues to be supported by the American Dental Association.
—Rachel Raposas, People.com, 27 Nov. 2024
Florida's surgeon general issued guidance on Friday recommending communities in the state stop adding fluoride to their water.
—Maya Goldman, Axios, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Fluoride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fluoride. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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fluoride
noun
flu·o·ride
ˈflu̇(-ə)r-ˌīd 
1
: a compound of fluorine with a more electropositive element or radical
2
: the monovalent anion of fluorine
fluoride
adjective
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