Utah bans community water fluoridation starting May 7, directly affecting 1.6 million residents. Dental experts recommend fluoride supplements, regular dental checkups, and fluoride toothpaste use.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill this week making the state the first in the nation to ban fluoride in public drinking water. Under the bill, a person "may not add fluoride to water in, or ...

Utah lawmakers who pushed for a ban said putting fluoride in water was too expensive. Cox, who grew up and raised his own children in a community without fluoridated water, compared it recently to ...

But that may soon change. Community fluoridation – considered one of the top public health success stories of the last century – has been banned in Utah, with a new law taking effect Wednesday ...

The ban, which is effective May 7, comes weeks after U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has expressed skepticism about water fluoridation, was sworn into office.

Utah has become the first state to ban adding fluoride to public water. The law was signed Thursday by Republican Gov. Spencer Cox, among 77 other bills.

Utah became the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox signed legislation ...

Utah is first state to ban fluoride in water, restrict flags on public buildings By Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Updated - March 28, 2025 at 12:54 p.m. | Posted - March 28, 2025 at 11:01 a.m.