The Wyandotte Municipal Services Commission voted down a resolution Wednesday to return to fluoridating its water supply. The city stopped fluoridating its water 10 years ago, when its water treatment plant was undergoing a rehabilitation project, according to the city’s website. Starting in the 1940s, municipalities around the country have added fluoride to their drinking […]
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Wyandotte officials vote against restoring fluoride to drinking water: ‘I have my reasons why’
Overview: – Wyandotte officials voted against the resumption of drinking water fluoridation Wednesday. – While Wyandotte discontinued fluoride in 2015, the city website said until June of this year that it fluoridates its drinking water. – “I have my reasons why; I don’t need to make a comment,” Commissioner Christopher Brohl tells Planet Detroit after […]
WaterOne board candidates on the issues: Fluoridation
Earlier this summer, the Post asked our readers what issues you wanted to hear candidates running for WaterOne Board to address leading up to the Nov. 4 election. Based on that feedback, we developed a three-item questionnaire centering the issues most important to Johnson County residents. Each day this week, we’re publishing the candidates’ responses to one […]
Kentucky lawmakers consider shifting fluoride decision power
KENTUCKY (WKYT) – The Kentucky General Assembly is poised to once again consider legislation concerning fluoride in water systems. Currently, the state requires water systems to add fluoride. However, some lawmakers want to change this by giving oversight powers to local water districts to decide whether or not to add fluoride. State Representative Mark Hart, […]
Fairhope considering fluoride removal
Fairhope Mayor Sherry Sullivan said Fairhope is considering removing fluoride from the city’s water system, which serves about 22,000 residents, citing employee safety concerns and annual costs of $80,000–$100,000. If approved, Fairhope would become the seventh Alabama city since 2024 to end fluoridation. Sullivan plans to consult local dentists before making a decision, while health […]
Fluoride lawsuit filed against city thrown out
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A lawsuit against the City of Buffalo and the water board has been thrown out by a federal judge. The lawsuit was filed in 2023 by a group of parents alleging that the city and former mayor Byron Brown alleging that the city spent several years misleading the public after the […]
UPDATE Sunbury authority votes to remove fluoride from drinking water
SUNBURY — Despite a plea from a dentist at the Susquehanna River Valley Dental Clinic, Sunbury Municipal Authority board members voted 4-3 Wednesday night to begin the process of removing fluoride from the city’s drinking water. Dr. Julio Lara, of the dental clinic, in Sunbury, attended the municipal authority meeting Tuesday night and informed board […]
Bill to make fluoridated water optional in Kentucky coming back in 2026
Kentucky lawmakers will try again in 2026 to let local water systems’ governing bodies decide whether or not to fluoridate their water. Rep. Mark Hart, R-Falmouth, said the bill he will file in 2026 is nearly identical to ones from previous years. One change, though, ensures water districts cannot be sued for their decision to either add […]
Kentucky lawmakers say they’ll revive push to make fluoride optional in drinking water
Kentucky came the closest it ever has to reversing its statewide water fluoridation requirements for most public utilities last session, with legislation passing the House but failing to make ground in the Senate. On Tuesday, two lawmakers appeared before the Interim Joint Committee on State Government to present the issue again — and they made clear they […]
VIDEO: Why are Queensland councils voting to remove fluoride from their water?
Queenslanders can decide on whether to add fluoride to the water at a local government level – and council by council they’re voting it out. Tom Hartley reports. Original article online at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-21/remove-fluoride-from-their-water/105918022