Utah could soon become the first state to ban fluoride from municipal water supplies if Gov. Spencer Cox (R) signs the bill into law.
H.B. 81 would stop government entities in the Beehive State from fluoridating public water systems.
“A person may not add fluoride to water in, or water that will be introduced into, a public water system,” the bill states, adding that “A political subdivision may not enact or enforce an ordinance that requires or permits the addition of fluoride to water in, or water that will be introduced into, a public water system.”
The bill still allows fluoride treatments to be prescribed by pharmacists.
ABC4.com reports the bill cleared legislative hurdles last week and is now headed for the governor’s desk:
“The bill has made its way through both chambers of Utah’s Legislature. Passing on Friday in a mixed partisan vote of 18-8-3 vote, with members of both parties voting for and against the measure.”
The measure comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has previously said he would work to remove fluoride from public water supplies, citing the “industrial waste” chemical’s numerous adverse health effects, including “arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.”
A comprehensive study recently published in JAMA Pediatrics found an inverse correlation between high fluoride exposure and lower childhood IQ levels.
Last month, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson highlighted a proposal to ban fluoride from drinking water, comparing it to the tyrannical medical overreach seen during the Covid-19 pandemic.
“If COVID-19 taught us anything, it is that government has the ability to force health decisions without our consent based on emerging facts,” Simpson wrote. “Public water systems should be about fresh, clean, safe drinking water — not a means for delivering government prescribed medicine without the consent of the consumer.”
It’s unclear whether Gov. Cox will sign the bill, which is then slated to go into effect on May 7.
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