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13 | Page May 9 I ssueFluoride and Drinking Water: Implications for Kansas CommunitiesHill to the Heartland: Federal Health Policy BriefingEnsuring access to fluoride in drinking water to prevent tooth decay has been a public health goal for decades, but the debate over the benefits, costs, optimal levels and risks of fluoridation has led Kansas to trail its neighboring states in the percentage of the population with access to fluoridated water.Those debates may resurface, particularly now that U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to stop recommending fluoridation in community public water systems and announced that he will be assembling a task force to study the issue.Learn more in our latest edition of Hill to the Heartland: Federal Health Policy Briefing, which features products focused on federal health policy changes and impacts on Kansas.LEARN MORE