Kentucky lawmakers are making a second attempt to make water fluoridation optional in the state, Spectrum News 1 reported Jan. 29.
Five notes:
1. State legislators considered a bill to reverse water fluoridation requirements last year, with the bill passing the House but failing in the Senate.
2. Water fluoridation is currently mandatory for communities in the state with more than 3,000 residents, which a majority of communities in the state.
3. HB 103, introduced Jan. 7, is cosponsored by roughly a third of the State House.
4. The bill was passed by the House Committee on Committees Jan. 28, moving it to the full House for approval.
5. Mary Ann Burch, a member of the Kentucky Dental Hygienists’ Association, and Steve Robertson, DMD, the executive director of the Kentucky Dental Association, spoke in opposition of the bill.
