Madison Area Lyme Support Group

by Nicolas Hulscher, MPH

Utah has passed House Bill 81 to ban adding fluoride to public water systems, with Governor Spencer Cox confirming his intention to sign it into law. This decision will make Utah the first U.S. state to enact such a ban.

This is great news for the public health of Utah, and it’s expected that more states and even the federal government may follow suit. Approximately72.3% of the U.S. populationon community water systems receives fluoridated water. Fluoride is highly toxicand not an essential nutrientfor any biological function in humans or animals. Industrial byproducts are used to fluoridate drinking water in the U.S: sodium fluoride (NaF); sodium fluorosilicate (Na2SiF6); and fluorosilicic acid (H2SiF6).

Research indicates that water fluoridation may lower IQ (Taylor et al) while failing to significantly prevent tooth decay (Cochrane Review). For every 1-mg/L increase in fluoride in a child’s urine, their IQ score decreased by about 1.63 points. (See link for article)

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**Comment**

And nobody to date has measured the total accumulated fluoride people are getting.  Measuring water intake is fine and dandy but everything that contains fluoride (drinks sold from machines, bottled drinks, etc) must be added to that amount.