"Recent supply chain issues, including conflict in the Middle East, have highlighted the U.S.'s reliance on Israeli exporters for fluorosilicic acid. Some U.S. water departments also purchase fluoride chemicals from China."

Imagine that.

Search was prompted by the news that the Iran conflict has disrupted Israel's ability to supply the acid to US.

https://www.wbaltv.com/article/baltimore-city-dpw-reduced-fluoride-water-iran-war/71006563

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/wssc-reducing-fluoride-levels-water-011452938.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/iran-middle-east-research-israel-pennsylvania-b2956742.html

So China and Israel are big suppliers of chemicals that go into the U.S. water supply.

National security issues, anyone?

https://www.marketreportsworld.com/market-reports/fluorosilicic-acid-market-14720436

April 2025 [a year ago]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tostop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy said he's assembling a task force of health experts to study the issue and make new recommendations.

Also on Monday [a year ago], the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced it is reviewing "new scientific information" on potential health risks of fluoride in drinking water. The EPA sets the maximum level allowed in public water systems.

READ MORE: Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water

Kennedy told The Associated Press of his plans after a news conference with EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin in Salt Lake City.

Kennedy cannot order communities to stop fluoridation, but he can direct the CDC to stop recommending it and work with the EPA to change the allowed amount.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/rfk-jr-will-tell-cdc-to-stop-recommending-fluoride-in-drinking-water