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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., appears before the Senate Finance Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025.
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With RFK Jr. in power, officials waver on fluoride in drinking water: ‘It just seems like we’re going backwards in time’

Avatar photo by ProPublica September 22, 2025September 22, 2025

Drinking water fluoridation is widely heralded as a public health triumph, but it’s had critics since it was pioneered 80 years ago in Grand Rapids.

Lake Erie algal bloom near Toledo drinking water intake in 2014.
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Funding slashed for Great Lakes research: Will algal blooms go unchecked?

Avatar photo by ProPublica May 6, 2025May 6, 2025
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A vexing to-do list for Gretchen Whitmer

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Water bottles discarded on the floor in a puddle.
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Michigan bottlers still get free water, despite governor’s tough talk

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A person uses a hose to fill up a tub of water
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Ten years after the Flint Water Crisis, distrust and anger linger

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