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Did You Know?

  • Very little fluoride is in drinking water.
  • Prominent right-wing groups started endorsing conspiracy theories about fluoridation in the late 1950s.
  • There has been no research conclusively proving a link between cancer risk in humans and levels of water fluoridation.
  • State and local governments decide whether or not to add fluoride to drinking water.

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