Florida Banned Fluoride. This City Did, Too -- Then Tooth Decay Skyrocketed in Children

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Florida Banned Fluoride. This City Did, Too — Then Tooth Decay Skyrocketed in Children

Calgary, Alberta, added fluoride back to its water after a large increase in tooth decay

By Cara Lynn Shultz May 2, 2025 01:07PM EDT

https://people.com/florida-remove-fluoride-water-increase-kid-tooth-decay-11725680


Florida is the second state to remove the mineral fluoride from its water supply, after Utah
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control considered fluoride in public water a great health achievement that prevents tooth decay in all children, regardless of socioeconomic status
Calgary, Alberta voted to add fluoride back into its water after the rate of tooth decay dramatically increased

Following Utah’s statewide ban on fluoride in its public water system, Florida’s state legislature has voted to remove fluoride from its water. The bill next goes to Governor Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign it into law.

“We are not debating the efficacy of fluoride in any way. … We hold that a free American and Floridian has the right to decide what goes into their body no matter what elected officials may believe is good for their citizens or not,” Rep. Danny Alvarez, a Hillsborough County Republican who was one of the bill’s sponsors, told CNN. .......................

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1. Texas attorney general targets toothpaste companies amid increased scrutiny of fluoride

I guess that was too much for Ken Paxton to resist.

From CNN

The public health practice of adding fluoride to drinking water is facing heavy scrutiny from the Trump administration, and toothpaste companies are being pulled into the fray now, too.

The Texas attorney general announced Thursday that he has launched an investigation into two major toothpaste manufacturers – the Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Co., which makes Crest – for “illegally marketing” their products “to parents and children in ways that are misleading, deceptive, and dangerous.”

State Attorney General Ken Paxton says that toothpaste manufacturers “flavor their products and deceptively market them in ways that encourage kids to ingest fluoride toothpaste and mislead their parents to use far more than the safe and recommended amount of fluoride toothpaste.”

“As this investigation continues, I will take aggressive action against any corporation that puts our children’s health at risk,” Paxton said in a statement. Paxton announced last month that he’s running for a US Senate seat in 2026, challenging longstanding incumbent John Cornyn and forging a rift in the Republican Party ahead of the primary election.

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