Water department head Lance Anderson said the issue was only about cost, but the controversy over fluoride came up several ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Several Iowa House members have introduced a bill that would ban adding fluoride to drinking water. On Wednesday, Rep. Wendy Larson (R-Sac County), Rep. Jeff Shipley (R-Van Buren ...

For the second year in a row, Kentucky’s state House has passed a bill that would make water fluoridation optional for local utility providers. A bill to remove Kentucky’s state water fluoridation ...

MARSHALL COUNTY, Ky. — House Bill 103 could make water fluoridation optional by bringing it to the local level. However, local leaders have differing opinions about the bill. Kentucky requires all ...

Florida and Utah have banned fluoridation, with multiple other states looking to do the same. Critics of fluoride in drinking water point to supplements as an alternative, but many are creating ...

FRANKFORT — A bill that would make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky, which supporters praise as a way to ensure local control, passed out of the House Local Government Committee Wednesday ...

EXCLUSIVE — The Environmental Protection Agency has begun a multiyear study to determine the maximum safe level of fluoride in the nation’s drinking water, advancing a key objective of the “Make ...

On Tuesday, Jan. 27, with a four to one vote, Warrenton City Commissioners approved a ballot measure to put water fluoridation to a general ballot vote on May 13. Warrenton currently puts fluoride in ...

Republican lawmakers are trying again to ditch a state requirement for water fluoridation. Kentucky GOP lawmakers are making another attempt to get rid of a state statute that requires most water ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) - Dentists have told us for years that drinking fluoridated water keeps teeth strong and reduces cavities and tooth decay. But some politicians are pushing to take it ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Some Kentucky Republicans want to make adding fluoride to drinking water optional. A measure to make that change has been filed once again this year and cleared its first hurdle ...