RFK Jr. Says He Will Tell CDC to Stop Recommending Fluoride in Municipal Water

Kennedy joined EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin for a MAHA tour in Utah, which banned fluoride in public drinking water last month.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exits a bus as he visits University of Utah to discuss Utah's new fluoride ban and food additives legislation in Salt Lake City on April 7, 2025. Melissa Majchrzak/AP Photo

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on April 7 that he would tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending fluoridation in municipal water nationwide.

Kennedy also said his department would reconvene the Community Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel composed of public health and prevention experts, “to study and make a new recommendation on fluoride.”