Utah, fluoride and drinking water

Utah lawmakers vote to say farewell to fluoridated drinking water
A controversial bill to prohibit the introduction of fluoride into public drinking water systems in Utah passed the Senate Friday and is destined to become a new law if Gov. Spencer Cox signs it.
Utah legislature passes bill banning water fluoridation
The Utah legislature passed a bill to prohibit water fluoridation in the state's public drinking water systems, Deseret News reported Feb. 21. HB81 was introduced to the state's House of Representatives in January and sent forward to the Senate more than a month later. The Senate passed the bill Feb. 21.
Utah could become the first state to ban fluoride in its drinking water
The Republican-controlled statehouse sent the bill to Gov. Spencer Cox’s (R) desk last week after it passed both chambers largely along party lines.
Utah Close to Fully Banning Fluoride in Water, Stripping Cities' Ability to Decide
Utah appears to be the first state ready to put a full ban on fluoride in public water systems under a bill that doesn’t allow cities or communities to decide whether to add the cavity-preventing mine
Fluoride will be banned from Utah’s water supplies — but only if Cox signs this bill
Fluoride will be banned from Utah water systems by May 7, if Gov. Spencer Cox signs a bill now headed to his desk. Friday evening, the Utah Senate approved HB81, sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Gricius, R-Eagle Mountain,
Utah poised to become first state to ban flouride in public water systems
Major medical groups including the American Dental Association and CDC continue to support fluoridation.
More Wisconsin communities rejecting fluoride in water. Health groups say fears unfounded.
One concern is that people are too young to remember how bad dental health was before fluoride was added to public water ...
USA Today8d
Fluoride in drinking water is under the microscope. Which SouthCoast communities add it?
Kennedy Jr. Medical consensus says fluoride is harmless at levels found in drinking water and helps prevent tooth decay. Opposition to fluoride hinges on claims of toxicity, or that adding it to ...
Pensacola News Journal5d
Fluoride has been in US water supplies for 80 years. Why is it so controversial?
Fluoride didn’t make much of a splash in the public eye when fluoridation trials began in 1945. The first run only reached about 232,000 Americans at the time. Nearly a decade later, the number ...
The Salt Lake Tribune27d
Should Utah remove fluoride from its water? House committee overwhelmingly says ‘yes.’
Despite concerns expressed by dental professionals, a Utah House committee overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that would remove fluoride from all Utah drinking water systems. Rep. Stephanie ...
KUTV28d
Utah fluoride debate ignites over concerns of health and freedom
Her bill also proposes making fluoride supplements available by prescription. "Whenever we have that risk, we have to also introduce individual choice," she said. Approximately 1.5 million people ...
Pensacola News Journal6d
58% of Escambia voted to add fluoride to water in 1998, and could be asked again
ECUA Executive Director Bruce Woody told the News Journal are monitoring the re-emergence of the debate over adding fluoride to water. “Our response at this point is one of wanting to obtain ...