Trump’s prospective ‘Health Czar’ RFK, Jr. says new administration will push to ban fluoride in water

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. pledged … that a future Trump administration would seek to remove fluoride from drinking water as a Day 1 goal, reversing a decades-old intervention widely credited for boosting public health.

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long recommended putting fluoride in Americans’ drinking water, hailing it as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century and citing data that the practice reduces cavities by about 25 percent in children and adults.

Kennedy is poised to take a major role overseeing food and health agencies in a possible Trump administration, potentially as a White House czar. Trump has said he is committed to including Kennedy in his administration and will empower him on public health.

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“I’m gonna let him go wild on health. I’m gonna let him go wild on the food. I’m gonna let him go wild on medicines,” Trump said.

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