Local dentist voices concern over potential elimination of fluoride in drinking water

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Following U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s plans to stop recommending fluoridation, one local dentist is warning of the harmful impacts removing fluoride from water could have on communities.

On Monday, Kennedy spoke of his plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an organization that he oversees, to stop recommending fluoridation in communities across the country.

“Now we know that there is no systemic advantages, zero systemic advantage, and that the only advantage comes from topical application,” Kennedy said…

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