Known for his anti-vaccine and anti-ultra-processed food views, RFK Jr. also stated that, under the Trump White House, he would work to remove fluoride from public water."On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all US water systems to remove fluoride from public water,

Whether to add fluoride to tap water is a local decision left to municipalities. About 62% of Massachusetts residents live in a town with fluoridated drinking water. Many who don't have fluoridated water have well water instead.

Lee County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday 4 to become the 40th Florida county to stop adding fluoride to drinking water. Spearheaded by Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass, the move flies against the advice of the American Dental Association and the American Medical Assocation.

The recent string of Florida cities and counties removing fluoride from their drinking water got interrupted Wednesday when a proposal to do the same in Hillsborough County died. County commissioners deadlocked in a 3-3 tie (the seventh member of the board,

Hillsborough County will not follow the examples of some other communities in the state and will keep fluoride in the drinking water, at least for now.

Hillsborough commissioners shot down a motion to remove fluoride from the county's drinking water. Why it matters: Conservatives have fashioned fluoride into an issue of medical freedom, leading communities across Florida and the nation to halt the practice of adding the mineral to drinking water.

Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that dissolves in water. Hillsborough County is now talking about whether to keep adding the mineral to the water supply.