Fluoride Debate Shifts Focus

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water fluoridation

Time Magazine

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Column: Why We Can't Rely on Science Alone to Make Public Health Decisions

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been nominated to oversee the federal government’s medical, public health, and research infrastructure.

The sleepy topic of water fluoridation has quickly become a hot-button public-health issue.

Both advocates and critics of fluoridation lean on their own preferred scientific studies to support their claims.

At its core, the fluoride debate pits a broad public benefit against a small potential risk and personal autonomy.

Debate surrounding mask and vaccine mandates glossed over the tradeoffs between public health and personal autonomy that were the true core of the issue.

Evading discussion of those tradeoffs and the values that underlie them only makes it harder to move forward and create policy that works for a majority of Americans .

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