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Local water treatment officials are keeping the conversation around fluoridation alive, even after a bill to address it failed to pass last legislative session. House Bill 16 passed the House in February but failed to pass the Senate. The measure would have made water fluoridation optional for local governing bodies. Morehead Mayor Laura White-Brown said […]

Kentucky was reported to have some of the country’s poorest dental health in 2024, according to a new report from ValuePenguin by LendingTree. Even with the lowest average dental health costs of $370, 39.7% of adults in the state did not see a dentist in the past year. Dental health workers per capita in Kentucky are […]

During the first meeting of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Kentucky Task Force, lawmakers said they want to address food deserts and food quality, childhood obesity, mental health and health care costs, among other things. Members and non members had a slew of ideas for what the task force should focus on — including […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — What is in Kentucky’s tap water is the subject of a boiling debate among lawmakers in Frankfort. For the first time, House Republicans advanced a bill that may take fluoride out of tap water across the state. House Bill 16 would allow local water districts to opt-out of putting fluoride in […]

Public water utilities in Kentucky could no longer be required to put fluoride in their drinking water. Major health groups, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American Dental Association, say fluoride in water is good for dental health. Some lawmakers in Kentucky are challenging whether it should be required in the water […]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A bill working its way through the Kentucky legislature would make water fluoridation programs optional, essentially shifting the decision from the state to local water systems. The water systems in Kentucky could choose to continue or stop water fluoridation. Currently, in Kentucky, community water systems serving at least 3,000 people are required […]

FRANKFORT — A bill to make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky passed the House on Wednesday with bipartisan opposition. House Bill 16, should it become law, means Kentucky will let local water systems’ governing bodies decide whether to add fluoride to water. The 68-29 vote came after 30 minutes of debate that focused on benefits […]

FRANKFORT — If the 31 sponsors of House Bill 16 are successful, Kentucky will let local water systems’ governing bodies decide whether or not to have fluoridated water. The bill easily passed the House Health Services Committee on Thursday mostly along party lines, 11-4.  Rep. Kim Moser, R-Taylor Mill, the committee’s chair, was the only […]

Kentucky lawmakers are sponsoring bills to legalize the intrastate sales of raw milk, make fluoridated water optional and stop state agencies from crafting rules based on guidance from the World Health Organization. What these bills have in common is a shared skepticism of established directives and guidance from top U.S. health organizations and leading medical […]

Kentucky lawmakers won’t be able to file proposed bills until the next legislative session starts Jan. 7. But that hasn’t stopped them from saying what they plan to submit. During the 2024 interim, several legislators shared draft bills they plan to file during in the 2025 legislative session. While some are bills that have been […]