Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., pictured here with Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, said that "ending the use of ingestible fluoride is long overdue." (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Ingestible fluoride, such as tablets prescribed to kids at high-risk for cavities, was never approved by the FDA, according to its chief, Marty Makary, and have been "shown to alter the gut microbiome," as well as possible association "between fluoride and thyroid disorders, weight gain and possibly decreased IQ."
Ingestible fluoride is swallowed, and differs from other fluoride products, such as toothpaste bolstered with fluoride.
UTAH BANS FLUORIDE FROM PUBLIC DRINKING WATER, ALIGNING WITH MAHA MOVEMENT
Makary said in a Tuesday press release that children can avoid heavy sugar intake to dodge cavities instead of "altering a child’s microbiome." The gut microbiome is the ecosystem of microorganisms that live in a person's intestines.
Dr. Marty Makary said the best way to "prevent cavities in children is by avoiding excessive sugar intake and good dental hygiene, not by altering a child’s microbiome." (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images )
"The American people deserve transparency and accountability," Nixon said. "The Department will issue new guidelines promoting safe, effective dental hygiene without compromising gut health."
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. added in the press release that "ending the use of ingestible fluoride is long overdue."
RFK JR. CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF FLUORIDE FROM DRINKING WATER, SPARKING DEBATE
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has previously said fluoride should be removed from public water. (Hasty/MediaNews Group/Reading Eagle via Getty Images)
"Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease. President @realDonaldTrump and First Lady @MELANIATRUMP want to Make America Healthy Again," he continued.
Trump told the media shortly after Kennedy's X post that such a plan to remove fluoride from water systems "sounds OK to me."
FIRST STATE TO BAN FLUORIDE IN DRINKING WATER WILL HEED MAHA MOVEMENT'S CALL TO ACTION
Utah became the first state in the nation to ban fluoride from public water systems in May, while Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill May 6 banning fluoride additives to the state’s public water supply. That law will take effect July 1.
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"Jamming fluoride in the water supply … is essentially a forced medication," DeSantis said during a news conference May 6 in Tallahassee, Florida. "At the end of the day, we should all agree that people deserve informed consent."
Amid states moving to ban fluoride from water systems specifically, local dentists and critics of the move claim it will hurt residents who rely on the fluoride to bolster dental health.
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