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Federal and Utah officials highlight bills banning supplemental fluoride in water, removing school food dyes and restricting SNAP soda purchases
Summary
At a Utah press conference, federal and state officials praised HB 81 (ending supplemental fluoride in public water), HB 402 (removing synthetic dyes from school-prepared food) and HB 403 (prohibiting soda purchases with SNAP). EPA officials said they will review new studies, including an August 2024 National Toxicology Program report, before deciding on federal action.
At a press conference in Utah, state legislators and federal officials on Monday highlighted three recently passed bills — HB 81, HB 402 and HB 403 — that change state policy on fluoride, school food additives and SNAP purchases, and said the Environmental Protection Agency will review new scientific studies before deciding on any federal follow-up.
Representative Gracious, who sponsored HB 81, said the law "ensures that fluoride is no longer added to our public water systems" and described the measure as expanding "personal choice" by allowing pharmacists to prescribe fluoride supplements. Representative Kristen Chevrier, sponsor of HB 402 and HB 403, said removing…
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