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Resident notes City Utilities’ fluoride adjustment and asks for clearer infant guidance in county health materials
Summary
A resident told the council City Utilities has reduced fluoride dosing to align with CDC guidance and requested clearer infant-specific caution language in county health reports; the county health department declined to add the infant note to the annual water report, the speaker said.
A public commenter, Tracy Axmit of Willow, told the council that City Utilities lowered added fluoride to align with CDC 2015 recommendations and described the city’s new dosage as roughly 0.3 parts per million added to naturally occurring fluoride of about 0.4 parts per million. Axmit urged adding an infant-specific cautionary note to public materials, citing American Academy of Pediatrics and American Dental Association guidance about fluoride and infants.
Axmit said City Utilities reported the change and an estimated cost of roughly $116,000 for the year. She told the council she had asked the county health department to include a note about infants in its annual water report but that the department considered such a note unnecessary; she asked the council to consider whether a public vote on fluoridation would be appropriate (state law and process not addressed in the hearing).
Council acknowledged receipt of the information; no formal action was recorded in the transcript.
