Nachdem sie Misstrauen gegenüber fluoridiertem Wasser gesät haben, wenden sich Kennedy und Skeptiker der Blockierung anderer Fluoridquellen zu

With states like Florida and Utah having banned fluoridation, others are considering doing the same. When Utah lawmakers passed the nation’s first statewide ban on community water fluoridation in 2025, they included a provision that made it easier for people to obtain fluoride supplements without visiting a dental provider.

This would make fluoride available through individual choice, rather than “mass public dosing,” as a Utah House of Representatives webpage put it — part of the rising rhetoric of skepticism that’s led to rollbacks of water fluoridation, a proven method to reduce tooth decay.

But even as critics point to fluoride supplements as an alternative, many are creating barriers to these same products.

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

Experts say, alarmist language from high-profile officials is trickling down to the public, leading more people to question whether any form of fluoride is a good idea.

**Read more** → [https://www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-supplements-fda-rfk-jr-ken-paxton-restrictions](https://www.propublica.org/article/fluoride-supplements-fda-rfk-jr-ken-paxton-restrictions)

In a statement emailed to ProPublica, an HHS spokesperson argued that fluoride’s “predominant benefit to teeth comes from topical contact with the outside of the teeth, not from ingestion. There is no need, therefore, to ingest fluoride.”

“Make fluoride available through individual choice” so I’ll assume with no other information that the cost reduction of water will be returned to the people to choose what to do with their money? No? So it might not really be about “personal freedom”? Just scoring political points while reducing spend and not reducing taxes?

So….. we’ve officially become an episode of Parks and Rec? 🤦