Fluoride Fallacy

Refuting MAHA Hysteria

For nearly eight decades, community water fluoridation has stood as a cornerstone of public health, lauded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the 20th century’s ten greatest achievements. This evidence-based intervention, initiated in 1945 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has slashed cavity rates by up to 60 percent in its early years and continues to reduce tooth decay by about 25 percent across all ages, even amidst widespread access to fluoride toothpaste. Yet, a resurgent tide of misinformation, fueled by the Make America Healthy Again movement and amplified by figures like HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., seeks to dismantle this achievement. Critics, including self-styled “holistic” experts like Dr. Staci, peddle baseless claims of neurological damage, thyroid dysfunction, and ethical violations, cloaking quackery under the guise of championing individual liberty and bodily autonomy.

The safety of fluoridation is not a matter of debate among credible experts. Decades of rigorous research, scrutinized by the American Dental Association, the World Health Organization, and countless independent panels, affirm that fluoride at recommended levels (0.7 milligrams per liter in the U.S.) poses no systemic health risks. Claims of neurological harm, often tied to a handful of poorly designed studies from regions with naturally high…