Water fluoridation found to be less effective now than in past

The dental health benefits of adding fluoride to drinking water may be smaller now than before fluoride toothpaste was widely available, an updated Cochrane review has found. The team of researchers from the Universities of Manchester, Dundee and Aberdeen reviewed the evidence from 157 studies which compared communities that had fluoride added to their water supplies with […]

Water district that refuses to fluoridate being fined $500 per week

Only one water district in Arkansas serving more than 5,000 customers has refused to add fluoride to its water system as required by a state mandate, the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority (OMRPWA), which serves parts of Boone, Newton and Searcy counties. As a result, the water authority has been fined $500 per week […]

Federal ruling heartens fluoridation opponents

The American Dental Association (ADA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have argued for decades that it is necessary to add fluoride to the drinking water to help protect children from cavities. Anti-fluoride activists across the state and country have countered that fluoride is only effective when applied topically on the teeth, […]

Fed Judge Rules Fluoride Has Unreasonable Risk

Concerns about fluoride in water and its impact on the brain were once believed to be a conspiracy theory. But no longer can media pundits and public health institutions bank on the claim that the questions raised about the safety of what we drink and our dental hygiene products are just some “far out hoax” […]

Where does Wichita Falls stand on renewed fluoride debate?

Wichita Falls will take a wait-and-see stance on continuing to add fluoride to its water supply. Cities across the county are taking a second look at fluoride after a federal report linked high levels of fluoride in other countries to lower IQs in children. The report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Toxicity […]

Hillsborough commissioner wants county to stop adding fluoride to water

TAMPA — A decades-old debate over whether fluoride should be added to Tampa Bay’s drinking water might be renewed. On Sept. 26, Hillsborough County Commissioner Joshua Wostal posted on the social media site X that he intends to bring a motion to end the practice of Hillsborough County adding fluoride to “our children’s water supply. […]

‘House of Cards’: Some Cities Hit Pause on Water Fluoridation in Wake of Historic Federal Ruling

Several U.S. cities, towns and counties announced they will stop fluoridating their water in the aftermath of a landmark federal court ruling that found water fluoridation at current levels poses an “unreasonable risk” of reduced IQ in children. Abilene, Texas; Yorktown and Somers, New York; and the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District in Utah are […]

Hillsboro voters will advise city whether to add fluoride to water supply

Hillsboro voters this fall will advise the city whether to add fluoride to the public water supply, weighing in on a mineral that’s widely used to strengthen tooth enamel but that opponents say can hurt children’s neurological development. Hillsboro pediatrician Beth Mossman spearheaded the effort to have city residents vote on the addition of fluoride. […]

Water Fluoridation Suspended In Yorktown, Somers

YORKTOWN, NY — Yorktown Supervisor Ed Lachterman ordered the suspension of water fluoridation in the town last Thursday, citing a federal court ruling last week. In the case of Food & Water Watch, Inc., et al, v. the United States Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. District Judge Edward M. Chen ruled on September 24, that the […]