{"id":27778,"date":"2025-05-14T15:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27778"},"modified":"2025-05-14T15:22:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T15:22:55","slug":"fda-moves-to-take-fluoride-supplements-for-children-off-the-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=27778","title":{"rendered":"FDA Moves to Take Fluoride Supplements for Children Off the Market"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The agency moved this week to ban the products, which are used to prevent cavities.<\/p>\n

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The Food and Drug Administration will work to pull fluoride supplements for children from the market, the agency announced Tuesday.<\/a><\/p>\n

The move comes at the same time as a wave of bills aiming to restrict use of the mineral, which has long been added to public water supplies because it strengthens teeth and can prevent cavities. In March, Utah became the first state<\/a> to ban the addition of fluoride to public water. Legislation restricting fluoridated drinking water has also been introduced in Florida, Louisiana, North Dakota, Tennessee and Montana. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said<\/a> he will tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to stop recommending fluoride in water altogether.<\/p>\n

The F.D.A. said it will review the safety of ingestible fluoride products for children by Oct. 31, citing a range of potential health risks that are not based in rigorous research.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe evidence is incredibly weak to make this kind of move,\u201d said Dr. Scott Tomar, a public health dentist and oral epidemiologist at the University of Illinois Chicago. He added: \u201cYou don\u2019t make public health policy based on one or two pretty weak review articles.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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