What are the public health implications of removing fluoride from drinking water?

What are the public health implications of removing fluoride from drinking water?

South Shore Health's Dr. Todd Ellerin said that Massachusetts communities with fluoride in their water, about 62% of the state, do not have anything to worry about. Ellerin said he does not believe the current levels of fluoride do not affect IQ.

Fluoride resolution rejected - Central Wisconsin News

By Kevin O’Brien In the midst of a national effort to remove fluoride from drinking water, members of Marathon County’s Health and Human Services Committee have narrowly rejected a resolution that would have urged local municipalities to significantly reduce the chemical below levels that are generally considered beneficial to dental health. At its latest meeting on April 2, the committee

How removing fluoride from local water affects rural America

Leer en español In the wooded highlands of northern Arkansas, where small towns have few dentists, water officials who serve more than 20,000 people have for more than a decade openly defied state law by refusing to add fluoride to the drinking water. For its refusal, the Ozark Mountain Regional Public Water Authority has received hundreds of state fines amounting to about $130,000, which are stuffed in a cardboard box and left unpaid, said Andy…