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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:
Utah became the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, after Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill ordering “political subdivision may not enact or enforce an ordinance that requires or permits the addition of fluoride to water.” pic.twitter.com/whmeMl3XFi
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) March 29, 2025
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.
Utah officially became the first state in the nation to ban fluoride in public drinking water. What do you think of the move? https://t.co/PLsSsbESJr
— KATU News (@KATUNews) March 28, 2025
“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.
Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed the legislation despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. https://t.co/I3YeFh8Laa
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) March 29, 2025
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.