Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — the son of assassinated US Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and nephew of assassinated President John F. Kennedy, as well as supporter of Donald Trump and renowned vaccine skeptic — could be the country's next health secretary.

And Kennedy has big plans for the job. In a social media post, Kennedy announced that upon Trump's inauguration, water fluoridation in the U.S. would be stopped.

He claims that fluoride is industrial waste and responsible for bone cancer, neurological developmental disorders, lower IQs in children and more.

Fluoride is often confused with fluorine in common usage. Fluorine is a highly corrosive and toxic gas with a pungent odor. When it reacts with water, it forms hydrofluoric acid, also known as fluorine acid.

Fluorides, on the other hand, are salts of hydrofluoric acid. They occur naturally in various minerals and in the human body, primarily in bones and tooth enamel, but also in blood and gastric juice.

Natural sources of fluoride include black and green tea, fish and asparagus.

In Germany, fluoride is added to toothpaste and table salt; in many other countries, including the United States, it is also added to drinking water.........

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