CNN reports that President-elect Trump’s nominated Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., has been a strong advocate for the removal of fluoride in public water systems and is likely to seek its removal once confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2025.
On November 2, 2024, Kennedy posted on X (formerly Twitter) that once he is confirmed as the HHS Secretary, the White House would advise all U.S. public water systems to remove fluoride from the water, stating:
“On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water. Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.”
Although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) states HERE that community fluoridation is responsible for a 25% reduction in cavities in children, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) asserts HERE that fluoridation may have negative effects at higher levels, such as “causing tooth enamel and skeletal fluorosis following prolonged exposure to high concentrations.” Skeletal fluorosis is a serious condition which causes bone weakness, and stiffness and pain in joints.
The CNN article may be read in full HERE.
My brothers and sisters, whether to add fluoride into drinking water, which began as a public health initiative in 1946, has been controversial for decades. Like most medicine and naturally-occurring substances, a little can be helpful, but too much can be poisonous.
In the modern era of water pics, high quality tooth brushes and toothpastes, as well as increasingly sophisticated dental care, perhaps the time has come as part of Kennedy’s forthcoming push to “Make America Healthy Again” to end the days of fluoridated public drinking water.
There is no simple answer in such matters, so it seems that the best course, as it always is, is to include this matter in our prayers, asking for God’s wisdom and favor in how Kennedy (and our country in general) addresses the use of fluoride. It is no longer 1946 and perhaps the time and season for fluoridation has passed.
As the Bible tells us:
Proverbs 2:6 (Amplified Bible)
“For the Lord gives [skillful and godly] wisdom; [f]rom His mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
1 Timothy 2:1-3 (ESV)
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior…”.
