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Hannibal council agrees to research ordinance on water fluoridation after resident’s appeal
Summary
A resident urged the City Council to remove fluoride from municipal water; council voted to direct staff to research whether an ordinance change is required and to return with a draft for consideration in February.
A resident urged the Hannibal City Council on Jan. 21 to end fluoridation of the city’s water system and asked officials to place an ordinance on a future agenda for possible removal.
Susan Lichty told the council she has been concerned about fluoridation “for many, many years” and cited a recent federal hearing she said raised questions about risk to children. “This is a medication,” Lichty said, adding that the Food and Drug Administration designated fluoride as a drug in 2000. She asked the council to consider removing it from Hannibal’s…
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