A town employee in Richmond is under fire for lowering the fluoride level in the drinking water below the state's recommended level for more than three years. And, he said, he doesn’t think the state’s recommended level of fluoride is warranted right now. “For a single person to unilaterally make the decision that this public health benefit might not be warranted is inappropriate. “Fluoride, again, is one of the most successful and important public health measures that has ever been undertaken in this country,” Knowles said. The mineral was first added to public water in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1945.

Source: Huffington Post October 08, 2022 22:45 UTC