- No Public Water System with fluoride levels over 0.71 ppm.
NOTE: According to a 2014 article in Scientific American, “the majority of the state… rely on private wells for the water they drink… newly available data … indicates that in some 10 communities in the state wells harbor dangerously high levels of fluoride. In some cases, the wells contain more than double the level that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has deemed the acceptable maximum exposure level…”
For a quick overview, Michael Dolan, in his November 2021 Fluoridation Review, listed these cities and towns in Maine:
The following list of fluoridated cities and towns was obtained from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services website, dated June 2013.
Fluoridated cities and towns: Anson, Ashland, Auburn, Augusta, Baileyville, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Bath, Belfast, Benton, Berwick, Bethel, Biddeford, Biddeford Pool, Blaine, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Bradley, Brewer, Bridgton, Brunswick, Bucksport, Camden, Cape Elizabeth, Caribou, Chelsea, Clifton, Cumberland, Damariscotta, Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Dixfield, Eagle Lake, East Millinocket, Eastport, Eddington, Ellsworth, Embden, Fairfield, Falmouth, Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Freeport, Fryeburg, Gardiner, Gorham, Greening Island, Guilford, Hampden, Hartland, Hermon, Holden, Houlton, Hulls Cove, Indian Island, Lewiston, Limestone, Lubec, Machias, Madawaska, Madison, Manchester, Mars Hill, Mechanic Falls, Medway, Mexico, Milford, Millinocket, Monmouth, Newcastle, Newport, Northport, Norway, Oakland, Old Orchard Beach, Old Town, Orono, Orrington, Owls Head, Pittsfield, Pittston, Pleasant Point, Portland, Presque Isle, Randolph, Raymond, Rockland, Rockport, Rumford, Saco, Salisbury Cove, Sanford, Sangerville, Scarborough (Pine Point), Scarborough, Skowhegan, Southport, South Freeport, South Gardiner, South Portland, Springvale, Standish, Thomaston, Topsham, Van Buren, Vassalboro, Veazie, Washburn, Waterville, West Bath, Westbrook, Westfield, Windham, Winslow, Winterport, Winthrop, Wiscasset, Woolwich, York.
Non-fluoridated cities and towns: Acton, Addison, Albion, Alfred, Appleton, Arundel, Athens, Baldwin, Belgrade, Blue Hill, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Bradford, Bristol, Brooks, Brownfield, Brownville, Burnham, Buxton, Calais, Canaan, Carmel, Casco, Castine, Charleston, Cherryfield, Chesterville, China, Clinton, Corinth, Cornish, Cornville, Cushing, Dayton, Dedham, Denmark, Dixmont, Dresden, Durham, East Machias, Easton, Edgecomb, Eliot, Enfield, Etna, Exeter, Farmington, Fayette, Frankfort, Franklin, Frenchville, Friendship, Garland, Georetown, Glenburn, Gouldsboro, Gray, Greenbush, Greene, Greenville, Hallowell, Hancock, Harpswell, Harrison, Hartford, Hebron, Hiram, Hodgon, Hollis, Hope, Howland, Jay, Hudson, Jefferson, Jonesport, Kenduskeag, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Lamoine, Lebanon, Leeds, Levant, Limerick, Limington, Lincoln, Lincolnville, Lisbon, Litchfield, Littleton, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Lovell, Lyman, Machias, Machiasport, Mapleton, Milbridge, Milo, Minot, Montville, Mount Desert, Mount Vernon, Naples, New Gloucester, New Sharon, Newburgh, Newfield, Nobleboro, Norridgewock, North Berwick, North Yarmouth, Ogunquit, Orland, Otisfield, Oxford, Palermo, Paris, Parsonfield, Penobscot, Peru, Phillips, Phippsburg, Plymouth, Poland, Porter, Pownal, Rangeley, Readfield, Richmond, St. George, Sabattus, Searsmont, Searsport, Sebago, Sedgwick, Shapleigh, Sidney, Solon, South Berwick, South Thomaston, Southwest Harbor, Stetson, Steuben, Stockton Springs, Stonington, Strong, Sullivan, Surry, Swanville, Tremont, Trenton, Troy, Turner, Union, Unity, Vinalhaven, Wales, Washington, Waterford, Waterboro, Wayne, Wells, West Gardiner, West Paris, Whitefield, Wilton, Windsor, Woodland, Woodstock, Yarmouth, and over 150 smaller towns with fewer than 1,000 residents each.