Community fluoridation – considered one of the top public health success stories of the last century – has been banned in Utah, with a new law taking effect Wednesday.

The U.S. health secretary has railed against the fluoridation of drinking water, referring to fluoride as a "dangerous neurotoxin."

The Food and Drug Administration is working to remove ingestible fluoride tablets and prescription for children from the market over health concerns.

The US Food and Drug Administration says it is starting the process to remove prescription fluoride tablets and drops from the market.

With Florida set to ban fluoride in public drinking water, health officials in Utah — the first state to impose a similar prohibition — say Floridians without fluoridated water will suffer the most.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — With Utah’s first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they’re bracing for an increase in tooth decay among the state’s most vulnerable people.

Utah became the first state in the US to remove fluoride from its public drinking water. Will others follow suit? CNN’s Meg Tirrell reports.

Senator Keefer's proposed bill mirrors similar legislation that recently passed in Utah, which became the first state to ban fluoride from its public drinking water in the U.S. In April, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the creation of a new task force to review guidance on water fluoridation.

With Utah’s first-in-the-nation ban on fluoride in public drinking water set to take effect Wednesday, dentists who treat children and low-income patients say they’re bracing for an influx in tooth decay among the state’s most vulnerable.