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GOP Governor Signs Bill Banning Fluoride In Public Water Systems * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

NEWS HEADLINES: GOP Governor Signs Bill Banning Fluoride In Public Water Systems * 100PercentFedUp.com * by Danielle

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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, signed legislation prohibiting fluoride in public drinking water.

The bill makes Utah the first state to approve such a ban.

WATCH:

Per Axios:

A new law signed this week will prevent localities in the state from choosing whether to fluoridate drinking water, a decision public health experts have warned will have consequences for oral hygiene, particularly for children.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signed the bill Thursday. It will take effect May 7.

Cox told ABC4 that it wasn’t a bill he felt strongly or cared much about.

Currently, Utah has one of the lowest water fluoridation rates in the U.S. with only around 44% of residents receiving fluoridated water, according to CDC data.

“Florida, Ohio and South Carolina are considering similar measures, while in New Hampshire, North Dakota and Tennessee, lawmakers have rejected them. A bill in Kentucky to make fluoridation optional stalled in the state Senate,” the Associated Press noted.

From the Associated Press:

The ban, effective May 7, brings into the mainstream concerns over fluoridation that for decades were considered fringe opinions.

It comes weeks after water fluoridation skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in as U.S. health secretary. Kennedy said in November that the administration of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump would advise water systems nationwide to remove fluoride.

Cox, who grew up and raised his own children in a community without fluoridated water, compared it recently to being medicated by the government. Utah lawmakers also said the ban was a matter of personal health choice and that putting fluoride in water is too expensive.

Florida’s surgeon general last year recommended against community water fluoridation because of what he called its “neuropsychiatric risk.” That guidance came after a federal judge ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate fluoride in drinking water because high levels could pose a risk to the intellectual development of children.

Federal officials determined last year “with moderate confidence” that there was a link between higher levels of fluoride exposure and lower IQ in kids. But the National Toxicology Program based its conclusion on studies involving fluoride levels at about twice the recommended limit for drinking water. The amounts of fluoride that can be added to water based on federal guidelines are below levels considered problematic, Kessler said.





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