In the waning days of his campaign, former President Donald Trump has further embraced some of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s incorrect or controversial views on health, including vaccines and fluoride.
Trump Embraces RFK Jr.’s Views on Vaccines, Fluoride
Issues: fluoride
CDC, Experts Say Fluoridated Water Is Safe, Contrary to RFK Jr.’s Warnings
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and multiple expert groups endorse water fluoridation as a safe way to reduce tooth decay. However, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a sweeping claim about fluoride’s effects on the nervous system, and promised to order the CDC to ban fluoride from tap water.