Fluoride, Drinking Water
Explainer-What Is Fluoride and Why Is It Added to the US Water Supply?
By the 1950s, the U.S. government's Public Health Service and the American Dental Association acknowledged the success of water fluoridation in reducing cavities. This led to the broad U.S. adoption of adding fluoride in community water supplies and eventually its inclusion in dental products such as toothpaste and mouthwash.
Florida bill would ban fluoride in local drinking water
Local governments in Florida and across the country recently have debated — and, in some cases, stopped — the longstanding practice of adding fluoride to water supplies. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has urged more communities to take that step, appearing personally at a hearing in Tavares late last year as the city halted the practice.
Lakeland officials have delayed a public hearing on fluoridation, taking interest in Bartow's public workshop set for Tuesday ...
Local governments in Florida ​and across the country recently have debated — and, in some cases, stopped — the longstanding ...
State lawmakers skeptical of federal guidance on fluoride in water are proposing limits or bans on community fluoridation, a ...
Aberdeen Sen. Perry introduces bill to allow municipalities controlling a public water supply to determine the amount of ...
During its monthly meeting, GRU's authority board discussed some customers' disapproval of fluoride in drinking water.
Residents, especially farmers, are forced to rely on bore wells to meet their water needs, as the Mission Bhagiratha project ...
The debate over fluoride in drinking water is not over. Senator Pezno says he has another bill, Senate Bill 4, that he plans ...
One concern is that people are too young to remember how bad dental health was before fluoride was added to public water ...
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