Anisa Khalifa: I’m Anisa Khalifa. This is the Broadside, where we tell stories from our home at the crossroads of the South. This week, the fight over fluoride and how challenging what we think we ...

Data from the CDC shows 31 utilities in Florida had annual average fluoride levels that were approximately half the CDC’s ...

Data from the CDC shows 31 utilities in Florida had annual average fluoride levels that were approximately half the CDC’s ...

Ingesting too much fluoride can cause fluorosis. Symptoms of mild dental fluorosis are white flecks or spots on the teeth; ...

Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn’t ...

A group of Connecticut legislators is seeking to counter potential federal policy changes that they say could negatively ...

Fluoride was first added to public water systems to help prevent tooth decay – and it works. According to the Centers for ...

Key Takeaways Utah lawmakers passed a bill banning fluoride in public water statewideIf the governor signs it, experts warn ...

In the U.S., dental fluorosis is largely mild and does not cause pain or affect tooth function, according to the CDC. Limiting the risk of dental fluorosis is the reason that federal health officials ...

Most North Carolina households that are hooked up to community water systems have fluoride in their drinking water. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention compiled by the United ...

Fluoridation of public water supplies to prevent tooth decay has always been contentious, even attracting some very weird scare stories. Tooth decay comes second only to the common cold as a ...

Fluoride can come from a number of sources, but drinking water is the main source for Americans, researchers say. Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. population gets fluoridated drinking water, according to ...