Tag: fluoride
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With just days left in Ky’s legislative session, here’s a roundup of health-related bills close to final passage
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News With just days left in the General Assembly’s short, odd-year session, many health-related bills are still on the table, and only a few have...
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Water fluoridation would become optional in Kentucky under bill advanced by House committee
Update, March 2, 2025: House Bill 16 passed 68-29 in the House on Feb. 26, 2025. It now resides in the Senate, awaiting a committee assignment. By Sarah Ladd Kentucky...
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Republican lawmaker will renew efforts to make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky
By Sarah Ladd Kentucky Lantern A Republican lawmaker will once again push to end Kentucky’s requirement for certain utilities to add or adjust fluoride levels in drinking water. Rep. Mark...
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Looking for ‘a few short-term wins’ to start, Kentucky Oral Health Coalition formally reorganizes
By Amy Wilson Kentucky Health News LOUISVILLE, July 25 – There was no whitewashing the ruinous state of the state’s teeth Wednesday when the Kentucky Oral Health Coalition formally reorganized...
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FDA wants to reduce standard for fluoride in public drinking water
Lowering the amount of fluoride in drinking water, as proposed in January by the Food and Drug Administration, will increase medical expenses and harm the poor and the poorly educated...