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Senate passes bill banning addition of fluoride to public water systems
Summary
The Senate passed First Substitute House Bill 81 to prohibit adding fluoride to public water systems. Floor debate included concerns about local control and dental-public-health perspectives; the measure passed 18–8 with three absent and will be signed by the Senate President and returned to the House for the Speaker’s signature.
The Utah Senate voted to pass First Substitute House Bill 81, a measure that prohibits political subdivisions and public water systems from adding fluoride to public drinking water.
Senator Cullimore presented the bill on the floor and said, simply, "This bill prohibits adding fluoride to public water…
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