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A Weber Basin Water Conservancy District sign is pictured Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Utah is slated to become the first state nationwide to ban the addition of fluoride to drinking water systems after House Bill 81, dubbed the “Fluoride Amendments,” cleared the Utah Senate on Feb. 21. If signed by Gov. Spencer Cox, the bill […]

The Utah legislature passed and sent a bill that bans local governments from adding fluoride to public drinking water to Governor Cox’s desk. The governor intends to sign the bill. The Utah Dental Association opposes the ban and is calling on the governor to veto it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, […]

Utah is set to place a ban on fluoride in public drinking water. The bill, HB81, awaits Gov. Spencer Cox’s signature and would become the first state to put the ban in place. Bill sponsor Rep. Stephanie Gricius, a Republican, told Fox News Digital she has been working on this policy since early last year, noting […]

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox said he would sign legislation that bars cities and communities from deciding whether to add the mineral to their water systems. Fluoride strengthens teeth […]

LAYTON — Workers with the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District are making early preparations to remove additive fluoride from their systems. Gov. Spencer Cox is expected to sign HB81 into law, which would ban the chemical from water systems, starting in May. Scott Paxman, CEO and general manager at the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District, […]

Utah has passed a law banning fluoridated water. The state’s governor says he will sign the bill, despite objections from the health care community. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has called the addition of fluoride to drinking water one of the 10 best public-health achievements of the 20th century. Utah has passed a […]

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said he would sign a bill that bans the use of fluoride in public water systems, rejecting the practice that many public-health experts say is a crucial protector against tooth decay. The Republican governor said half the state already doesn’t have fluoride added to the water and that dentists he had spoken to […]

The American Dental Association is pushing hard for Utah Gov. Cox to veto a bill that would prohibit the introduction of fluoride into public water drinking systems. Members and their supporters held a rally Friday morning at the state Capitol, which follows a letter they sent to Cox this week. “On behalf of the 159,000 […]

For more than half a century, the American people have been successfully propagandized to believe that it’s beneficial to infuse America’s public water systems with fluoride. That spell was broken in September, and the era of municipal water fluoridation might be coming to a slow yet certain end. Utah is set to completely ban fluoride […]

In a landmark decision for public health, Utah has become the first state to ban the addition of supplemental fluoride to its public drinking water. This policy opposed by Democrats but passed by the Utah Republicans focused squarely on protecting the health of its residents, while still allowing people to choose what they consume — […]