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DEFOREST, Wis. (WKOW) — The Village of DeForest Board is postponing its vote on removing fluoride from the village’s water supply. Discussions around the issue have been happening since November 2024. Village President Jane Cahill Wolfgram made a motion at Tuesday’s board meeting to postpone the vote. She said there needed to be more listening sessions […]

DEFOREST, Wis. — The DeForest Village Board could vote Tuesday to remove fluoride from the community’s drinking water. The board is slated to discuss resolution on whether to remove the mineral and could take action during its regularly-scheduled meeting. The village’s Public Services Committee voted 5-2 last month in favor of removal. Fluoride has been […]

Madison began fluoridating its drinking water in 1948, an action that the Centers for Disease Control says reduces tooth decay in children and adults by about 25%. The decision by the city council was part of a strategy meant to reduce cavities, particularly among children with little access to dental care. Eight decades later, members […]

Village of DeForest residents could potentially lose the fluoride from their public water supply depending on future actions by the village board. The Village of DeForest Board began discussing removing fluoride at their meeting on Nov. 18. Municipalities around Wisconsin and the nation have been debating or already taken such steps. The DeForest Board has […]

In the last year, at least nine Wisconsin communities have decided to stop adding fluoride to their public drinking water, concerned that possible health risks outweigh the benefits. Community water fluoridation became widespread throughout the U.S. in the 1960s and is heralded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as one of the 20th century’s greatest public […]

WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) – The Wausau Water Works Commission met on Tuesday morning to discuss the effects of fluoride in drinking water as the city looks at the possibility of removing it. During the meeting, a presentation was provided by Dr. Griffin Cole, a biologic dentist with over 20 years of experience in mercury-safe dentistry, […]

In 2022, the percent of Wisconsin residents who had fluoridated water dropped sharply. According to data from the state’s Department of Health Services, 86.9% of residents had fluoridated water in 2021. A year later, that had dropped to 84.9%. Combining data from the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Environmental Protection Agency […]

TOMAHAWK – An advisory referendum related to the fluoridation of drinking water in the City of Tomahawk may appear on spring election ballots. During its meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 12, the City of Tomahawk Common Council voted to direct City Clerk/Treasurer Amanda Bartz to draft a resolution that, if approved by the […]

Dear Editor: A DeForest Village Board meeting revealed troubling gaps in the understanding of water fluoridation, despite growing scientific evidence of its risks. A Sun Prairie dentist inaccurately claimed that pregnant women should drink fluoridated water to strengthen their babies’ teeth. However, fluoride works topically, not systemically, as a 2007 Journal of Public Health Dentistry […]

PESHTIGO – While pressure is building for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to act on a judge’s order and reduce the maximum contaminant levels for fluoride, the City of Peshtigo is among the Wisconsin municipalities that may stop adding fluoride to their public water supply. The City’s Water and Sewer Committee voted without opposition Tuesday, […]