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RFK Jr. doesn't care if poor kids lose their teeth [View all]
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, is all for removing fluoride from public drinking water—even if that means yanking some teeth out of the mouths of lower-income children.
“What has been the response from dentists in America who may be concerned that some children in lower incomes, in particular, don’t get those regular dental preventative-type situations where they can go in and get their teeth … treated against cavities?” Fox News host Harris Faulkner asked Kennedy on Thursday.
“It is an issue, it’s a balance,” he responded. “You’re going to see probably slightly more cavities.”
Two states, Florida and Utah, have recently banned the added mineral from their public water sources, but Kennedy seeks to take the measure nationwide.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/26/2330257/-RFK-Jr-doesn-t-care-if-poor-kids-lose-their-teeth
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