Croton's fluoridation wars were fought long ago. Dentists and pediatricians pushed hard for treatment, but in the end they lost.
RFK Jr. is now insisting that the CDC change its long guidance on fluoridation. Croton's water is fluoride-free despite a major push in the early 1980s.
Michael Balter
Apr 14, 2025
Editor’s Note: We are grateful to village staff for their kind and essential help with the research for this story.
For many, many years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended that communities add a trace amount of fluoride to their drinking water. So have most dentists, pediatricians, and scientists who have studied the issue. But earlier this month, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Secretary of Health and Human Services, directed the CDC to change its recommendation. As we go to press it has not done so yet, pending a new “study” RFK Jr. is requiring the agency to carry out.
Despite the prevailing scientific evidence on the subject, it is not our purpose here to debate the science itself. Rather, we got curious about why Croton’s water—which comes almost entirely from an aquifer beneath the Croton River—does not have added fluoride. It turns out there is a long history behind it...... READ MORE AT Croton's fluoridation wars were fought long ago. Dentists and pediatricians pushed hard for treatment, but in the end they lost.
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