In New Bedford, voters approved a referendum in favor of fluoridation in 1973, but it took the city until 1978 to begin adding fluoride to the water. However, shortly thereafter, anti-fluoride ...

Williamson County Commissioners elected not to show support for a bill moving through Tennessee’s legislature which would ban adding fluoride in public water supplies statewide.

He said fluoride in drinking water leads to a 25 to 30% reduction in cavities in the community. "The anti-fluoride group clings to an un-scientific study from 2007 done in China," he said.