Our next potential leader of US health policy, Robert F. Kennedy Jr, wants to ban adding fluoride to public drinking water — a practice that experts agree has remarkably elevated teeth health for millions of Americans at little cost.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services, has said Trump will call for an end to adding fluoride to public water supplies.

Here is what you need to know about fluoridation of drinking water as a public health measure and recent developments surrounding the issue. WHAT IS FLUORIDE AND WHAT ARE ITS BENEFITS? Fluoride is a mineral that occurs naturally in water,

RFK, Jr., and other potential and current government officials have spread shaky health claims about fluoridated water. Scientists explain the evidence behind its safety and benefits

The city manager said while there’s a pause, the city will begin offering fluoride toothpaste to anyone who needs it.

RFK Jr. called it “industrial waste.” But dentists, physicians, and fluoride researchers say fluoridated water is safe and essential to public health.