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, […]
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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
Anti-science bills hit statehouses, stripping away public health protections built over a century
More than 420 anti-science bills attacking longstanding public health protections – vaccines, milk safety and fluoride – have been introduced in statehouses across the U.S. this year, part of an organized, politically savvy campaign to enshrine a conspiracy theory-driven agenda into law. An Associated Press investigation found that the wave of legislation has cropped up in most states, pushed by people with close ties […]
Cabool to remove fluoride from drinking water
The Cabool City Council voted Monday evening to discontinue the use of fluoride in its drinking water. Several individuals filled the council chamber for Monday’s public hearing on the topic, with some in favor of fluoride but most against. Ron Scheets, city administrator, said the public hearing had been three months in the making. The […]
Want fluoride in the water? Too bad.
On the evening of June 2, 2025, the City Council meeting in Pasco, Washington, was winding down when Councilor Leo Perales piped up from his seat on the wood-trimmed dais. “I know we’ve talked about fluoride a few times,” Perales said. “If we can just bring forward a vote in the next couple weeks to […]