EPA’s fluoride review fast-tracked: What does it mean for your water?

Overview: - The EPA is fast-tracking a fluoride health review, initially set for 2030, after a report linked high fluoride levels to lower IQs in children. The decision over whether to fluoridate drinking water is otherwise left to states and municipalities. Yet, the EPA’s review comes amid widespread public skepticism about water fluoridation, with cities such as Wyandotte and Grayling discontinuing the practice. Research supports drinking water fluoridation, experts sayJoseph Cotruvo, former director of the EPA’s Drinking Water Standards Division, is among the health experts challenging the National Toxicology Program’s report linking fluoride to lower IQs in children. In 2021, 62% of Calgary voters supported the reintroduction of fluoride, and the city began adding it to drinking water again last year.