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Explained: what is fluoride and why is it in drinking water?

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Explained: what is fluoride and why is it in drinking water?

Robert F Kennedy Jr, a potentially influential figure if Donald Trump wins the US election, has called fluoride an ‘industrial waste’ and wants it removed from drinking water

Donald Trump would push to remove fluoride from drinking water on his first day in office if elected, former independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr declared on Saturday.

Kennedy, a prominent proponent of debunked public health claims whom Trump has promised will “take care of health” in his administration, made the declaration on X, claiming that fluoride was “an industrial waste” linked to a variety of health conditions.

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