Kennedy, along with Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, spoke alongside Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) in Salt Lake City on Monday afternoon. They discussed legislation passed during the last session that fit squarely in line with the Trump administration’s public health and nutrition goals.
Fluoride is expected to take center stage on Monday, as Utah was the first state in the nation to ban adding fluoride to public water systems through HB81, which Cox signed on March 27.
An HHS report from last August found that elevated fluoride exposure from all sources, including drinking water, can have a negative effect on IQ development in children, with young children and pregnant women at the highest risk.
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In September, a U.S. District Court judge cited the HHS report in
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