Health secretary makes announcement as EPA reviews ‘new scientific information’ into potential health risks

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he’s assembling a taskforce to focus on the issue.

Also on Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it was reviewing “new scientific information” on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water. The EPA has primary authority to set the maximum level of fluoridation in public water systems.