In the weeks leading up to the election, Donald Trump indicated he would elevate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to a place of leadership over America’s health policy.

RFK Jr. has said Trump promised him “control of the public health agencies,” including the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He’s talked about cleaning up “corruption” at those agencies and reorienting them towards a chronic disease focus (in a page on his MAHA website that has since been scrubbed).

The CDC calls the practice of adding fluoride to tap water systems one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the last century.

Kennedy Jr. is expected to have a role in President-elect Donald Trump's administration. One issue that Kennedy supports is removing fluoride from drinking water. Kennedy told NPR on Wednesday that Trump will propose removing fluoride from the nation's drinking water early in his term.

Emerging research about excessive fluoride exposures and a recent ruling from an Obama-nominated judge could ease the path to a federal turnabout.

Naples leaders are moving toward a policy change to stop adding fluoride to the city’s drinking water. The Naples City Council voted 4 to 3 on a first ordinance reading Wednesday to stop fluoridation which has been a practice since 1950.