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Commission asks city staff for breakdown of hydrofluorosilicic-acid use and cost in Titusville's drinking water
Summary
After public comments urged the commission to reconsider the city's fluoridation compound, commissioners voted unanimously to request data from water staff on the chemical used, daily dosing, and relative costs and to invite water-plant staff to present.
The Titusville Environmental Commission voted unanimously to request detailed information from city water staff about the compound the utility uses to fluoridate drinking water and the operational and cost implications of alternatives.
Public commenters urged the commission to review the city's current fluoridation chemical, hydrofluorosilicic acid (also called hydrofluorosilicic acid in transcript references), and to examine scientific literature and local policy implications. Stell Bailey, introduced as an environmental-health advocate, emphasized that the hydrofluorosilicic acid used in many municipal systems is an industrial byproduct of phosphate fertilizer…
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