The debate over this cowtown's "precious bodily fluids" starts before the MAGA nominee is even confirmed to "go wild" on public health . . . For now here's an overview of a controversial debate:
KC Water maintains fluoride levels of around 0.62 ppm, which is less than the EPA's maximum contaminant level of 4 ppm.
Federal officials took four years to reach the decision on the new standards. Johnson County, Kansas, adopted the new recommendation in 2011. Kansas City Water Services said it will implement the new recommendations immediately.
Kansas City first started putting fluoride in the drinking water in 1980. The Missouri and Kansas rivers, which are the source of most of the region’s drinking water, both have naturally occurring fluoride of about half the recommended levels.
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Officials reduce recommended levels of drinking water fluoride
For the first time in 50 years, the federal government has issued new regulations about how much fluoride members of the public should consume.
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3 charts that help explain why there's fluoride in drinking water | CNN
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as his Health and Human Services secretary and while we don't know what the policies will be, one thing Kennedy has signaled he would look at is fluoridation of water across the United States.
Top Florida health official advises against fluoride in drinking water
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo on Friday announced a recommendation against community water fluoridation. The recommendation comes as a Florida city voted last week to remove fluoride from its drinking water, with one city commissioner citing Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s past comments on the matter as one of the reasons.
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