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orangecrush

(28,702 posts)
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:00 AM 3 hrs ago

After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources

But even as critics point to fluoride supplements as an alternative — along with fluoride toothpaste, rinses and varnishes — many are creating barriers to these same products.

Under U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s oversight, the Food and Drug Administration said it issued notices to four businesses about their ingestible fluoride supplements for children and also put out new guidance for health professionals.

In Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton launched investigations into two large companies over their marketing of fluoride toothpaste to parents and children.

And changes to Medicaid in President Donald Trump’s so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act threaten to make it harder than it already is for the most vulnerable people to access any oral health care at all, let alone fluoride treatments at a dentist’s office.

https://www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-supplements-fda-rfk-jr-ken-paxton-restrictions

A director of HHS dedicated to destroying the health of America.

Fascinating.



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After Sowing Distrust in Fluoridated Water, Kennedy and Skeptics Turn to Obstructing Other Fluoride Sources (Original Post) orangecrush 3 hrs ago OP
Make America Toothless Again. Dave Bowman 3 hrs ago #1
SMH -- have paid for fluroide treatment as adult for years because I have had a ton of dental problems and weak teeth. JT45242 3 hrs ago #2
I don't think it's actual stupidity orangecrush 2 hrs ago #3
I fear that you are right JT45242 1 hr ago #4

JT45242

(3,860 posts)
2. SMH -- have paid for fluroide treatment as adult for years because I have had a ton of dental problems and weak teeth.
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 09:22 AM
3 hrs ago

Foe years, our dental insurance paid for fluroide treatments for our kids under 18 but not for the adults in the family. So, I paid out of pocket for a preventive measure that not prevents future cavities but helps existing dental work to last longer which both lower long term costs for dental insurance.

Now brain worm and friends will likely take that away.

The pledge to ignorance and stupidity will kill so many

JT45242

(3,860 posts)
4. I fear that you are right
Fri Jan 16, 2026, 10:31 AM
1 hr ago

Old heroin addict brain worm may be beholden to some people who would like to cull the herd to make people more desperate to work for lower wages.

Not sure if stupidity or malice is worse...either way a lot of people are going to suffer and potentially die

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