Hundreds of U.S. communities have banned fluoride from their water, raising alarm bells for public health researchers who ...

The sponsor of the Utah legislation, Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, acknowledged fluoride has benefits, but said it was an issue of “individual choice” to not have it in the water.

Utah could soon become the first state to ban the mineral fluoride in public drinking water, according to legislation in the state. House Bill, 81 introduced by Rep. Stephanie Gricius and Sen ...

Mayor Michael Harmison of Osage Beach is seeking public opinion on discontinuing the practice of adding fluoride to the ...

KEY TAKEAWAYS Utah bans fluoride in public drinking water, becoming the first state to do so. The ban follows a 2019 incident in Sandy with excess fluoride exposure.

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. A Border Patrol ...

The sponsor of the Utah legislation, Republican Rep. Stephanie Gricius, acknowledged fluoride has benefits, but said it was an issue of “individual choice” to not have it in the water.

Utah lawmakers who pushed for a ban said putting fluoride in water was too expensive. Cox, who grew up and raised his own children in a community without fluoridated water, compared it recently to ...

Fluoride in drinking water can reduce cavities by at least 25% for all age groups, according to the Utah Dental Association. Opponents of the Utah legislation to limit fluoridation warn it will ...

The fluoride sickened hundreds of residents and led many in Utah to push for its removal. It’s rare to find high levels of fluoridation in water, according to the National Institutes of Health.