Surprise: RFK Jr. Used to Sell Bottled Water With Extra High Levels of Fluoride
Shortly before Donald Trump nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services, the former third-party candidate told NBC, “I think fluoride is on its way out. I think the faster that it goes out, the better.” Kennedy wants fluoride out of tap water because, despite the fact that it’s been widely credited with keeping people’s teeth in their mouths and bones intact, he baselessly believes the mineral to be “an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.” Which makes it pretty, pretty, pretty rich to learn that not only did Kennedy once sell bottled water containing fluoride, but that the product shilled by his company had nearly double the amount of fluoride recommended by the EPA, and well over the amount typically found in tap water. Yes, The New Yorker reports that in 1999, Kennedy and a partner founded Keeper Springs bottled water, which—setting aside the issue of fluoride—was deeply ironic, given that he was on a mission to clean …
