The Holmen Village Board has a big decision on the future of fluoridation, choosing either to hold another referendum or to reaffirm the first referendum as binding and continue the village’s fluoridation program.
… Fluoridation in Holmen began this summer. It had been postponed while board members waited for new national standards for lower fluoride levels to be issued. The standards came out in February [SIC – see below], and Holmen began fluoridation in late June…
NOTE FROM FAN: The new national standards for fluoride levels in fluoridation schemes have not been released. The proposal to lower the fluoride level to .7 ppm was announced in January 2011 and has yet to be finalized.