6 h. ago Florida to become second state to ban fluoride in water, alarming experts

Following Utah, Florida passes DeSantis-backed bill to block flouride use, ignoring CDC guidance on child health risksFlorida is poised to become the second state to ban fluoride in public drinking water despite concerns of dentists and public health advocates who say the mineral is a safe, effective way to protect people of all ages from developing cavities.Florida lawmakers approved the bill Tuesday after Utah became the first state to pass a ban last month. The Republican-led states are following a push led by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, who has railed against the mineral and set the gears of government in motion to stop community water fluoridation. Continue reading...

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10 h. ago Another state is set to ban fluoride from public water systems

The move has sparked concern among dentists and public health officials

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48 h. ago Two cities axed fluoride from tap water... what happened to kids' health has experts terrified for the US

Children living in two cities that removed fluoride from drinking water are suffering from shocking health impacts, studies have found. Despite this, multiple US states are moving to ban the mineral.

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5 d. ago Disturbing link between popular McDonald's order and colon cancer epidemic in young people

After a new study found a potential link between a common food contaminant and colon cancer, experts are sounding the alarm that a decline in food safety could fuel the surge in early-onset cases.

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6 d. ago Autistic people and experts voice alarm at RFK’s ‘terrible’ approach to condition

Health secretary is planning wide-ranging monitoring of autistic people’s health record and cuts to disability servicesAutism experts and autistic people are pushing back on Robert F Kennedy’s “terrible” approach to autism as the health secretary plans more expansive monitoring of autistic people’s health records and proposes cuts to disability services.A huge study on autism proposed by Kennedy will draw upon private medical records from federal and commercial databases, and a new health registry will track autistic Americans, CBS News reported on Monday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago How RFK Jr’s mixed messages on vaccines are impacting scientific research – podcast

As a measles outbreak expands across the US, comments by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr have come under scrutiny. Kennedy has said that the best way to prevent measles is to get vaccinated – but he has also caused alarm among paediatricians, vaccine experts and lawmakers by promoting vitamin A and nutrition as treatments for measles and questioning the safety testing of the MMR vaccine. He also recently announced a US-led scientific effort to establish the cause of what he terms the ‘autism epidemic’, with some experts concerned that this study will support the widely discredited association between autism and vaccines. US health reporter Jessica Glenza tells Ian Sample, the Guardian’s science editor, how these mixed messages are already impacting scientific research.RFK Jr says his response to measles outbreak should be ‘model for the world’RFK Jr contradicts experts by linking autism rise to ‘environmental toxins’ Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Prime cause of colon cancer in under 50s is 'an often overlooked food', warn top medics

World renowned cancer experts are raising the alarm about the often 'overlooked' food that is a prime cause of cancer in people under 50.

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2 w. ago Attorney general dodges question on Trump proposal to jail US citizens in El Salvador

Trump proposed that ‘homegrown criminals’ should be deported, an idea that experts say is clearly illegalThe US attorney general declined on Tuesday to say whether Donald Trump’s suggestion of removing US citizens to El Salvador was legal, in alarming remarks about what experts think is an obviously illegal idea.Trump proposed the idea on Monday in the Oval Office during a visit with El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, who has been accepting people deported from the US and imprisoning them in a gigantic facility notorious for human rights abuses. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Revealed: The drink that immediately raises alarm bells to bartenders and will have them 'scanning for the nearest security guard'

Bartenders have revealed the drink order that immediately raises alarm bells to staff members. Expert mixologists from the hospitality industry all have the same stance on this one cocktail

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3 w. ago EPA to review ‘new science’ on fluoride as RFK Jr. reportedly tells CDC to stop recommending it

Experts say taking fluoride out of drinking water would degrade public health

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3 w. ago RFK Jr. says he plans to tell CDC to stop recommending fluoride in drinking water

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