Newton County: Authority resists adding fluoride to water

The Ozark Mountain Water authority is resisting a state law requiring water systems to add fluoride to the water it distributes to its customers. Ed Manor, of Jasper, and a member of the authority’s board of directors, told the Newton County Quorum Court last Tuesday night, Sept. 2, that the authority’s board thinks fluoridating water should be voluntary. It should be the decision made by the individual water systems purchasing the water. If it wants fluoride in its water it can treat the water itself, he said…

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