CLEVELAND, MISSISSIPPI MOVES TOWARD ENDING WATER FLUORIDATION CLEVELAND, MS — The City of Cleveland is considering ending the practice of adding fluoride to its municipal drinking water, according to a public notice issued in connection with the Mississippi State Department of Health. The notice says city officials are seeking discontinuation of the community water-fluoridation program and lays out several arguments cited for doing so, including the cost of chemicals and system maintenance, the widespread availability of fluoride through toothpaste and professional dental care, concerns about excessive fluoride exposure causing dental fluorosis, and objections from residents who believe individuals should be able to choose whether they consume added fluoride. City officials also state in the notice that they believe additional controlled research into fluoride’s effectiveness in preventing tooth decay is warranted. Supporters of discontinuation have long argued that fluoridated toothpaste and other dental products give individuals the ability to obtain fluoride voluntarily rather than having it added to a community-wide water supply. The Cleveland notice brings that debate directly before local residents. 📷 PUBLIC MEETING October 5, 2026 — 5:00 PM 100 North Street, Cleveland, Mississippi 38732 Residents will have an opportunity to discuss the proposed discontinuation before the city moves forward. 📷 This is a significant public-policy decision for Cleveland: whether fluoride should continue being added to everyone’s drinking water or whether fluoride use should instead be left to individual choice. Tommy Tatum News will be following the story.facebook.com/tommytatumnewsJ… @MayorApplyrs @APHealthScience @gwendilworth @HaselhorstSarah @mikergoldberg @BobbyHarrison9 @mukta_jo @svpaffenroth @LauraSanthanam

Today Broadway, Virginia, stops fluoridation After careful consideration, the Broadway Town Council unanimously voted on March 17, 2026 to discontinue the addition of fluoride to the Town’s public drinking water supply.  The Town will stop adding fluoride effective August 1, 2026. broadwayva.gov/public-notice…

Nordic Countries Decay Rates Plummeted Without Fluoridation Without water fluoridation or lower sugar intake, Nordic countries’ tooth decay rates declined “remarkably” and was sustained for over 50 years. Fluoride toothpaste was promoted – a collaboration of government officials, organized dentistry, schools, parents and volunteers combined with free oral health care brought The Nordic child populations from having among the highest tooth decay rates in the world to the lowest. (European Journal of Oral Sciences, by Nyvad and Fejerskov (June 12, 2026) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… This “indicates that toothbrushing with fluoride toothpaste is a robust population strategy that should be promoted as a valid alternative to community water fluoridation for the control of dental caries,” they write. The authors suggest that similar results could possibly be achieved without fluoride. Toothbrushing, even without fluoride, may remove cavity-causing biofilm in the mouth and could play a significant role in the cavity decline. “The Nordic experiences show that once toothbrushing has been taught and trained from early childhood, this habit develops into a social norm that passes down from one generation to the next,” they write. “Recently, a systematic review and a large epidemiological study indicate that the effects on cavity progression of having fluoride in the drinking water might be smaller than estimated before the widespread use of fluoride toothpaste [and]…is particularly thought provoking in view of the persistent promotion of water fluoridation by dental associations.” A 1981 study confirmed that a caries decline had taken place in Denmark during the 1970’s and that it was indeed possible to reduce the development of caries at the population level without using systemic fluorides such as water fluoridation. Dental fluorosis, which has greatly increased in prevalence and severity in the US, “reflects a toxicological effect of the total daily fluoride intake on enamel formation, irrespective of the source,” they write. “Legal and ethical aspects of fluoride applications have seldom been addressed in relation to public oral health strategies. This is particularly problematic for community water fluoridation, by which large groups of people may be obliged to drink fluoridated water against their will without being informed about potential adverse health effects including the increased risk of dental fluorosis," they write. "For these reasons, Veneri et al. have referred to community water fluoridation as a form of 'mass medication.' Although such an approach might in some countries have been tolerated in the 1960s and 1970s at a time when dental caries prevalence was extremely high, the caries prevalence in most industrialized countries is now so low that violation of individual rights to medical self-determination, ignoring potential adverse effects of fluorides, can no longer be accepted,” they write. Japan’s tooth decay rates fell for 40 years without fluoridation or any effective personal fluoride us, according to BMC Public Health. In the US where fluoride is big business, protected by corporate interests, organized dentistry and chemical companies, untreated tooth decay is at crisis levels, according to Senator Bernie Sanders. Most dentists won’t treat Medicaid patients and the American Dental Association successfully had dental excluded from Medicare In 2020, the US Surgeon General declared tooth decay a “silent epidemic.” After increases in public water fluoridation, dental visits, sealants, fluoride varnish applications, and significant financial, training, and program investments, oral health hadn't improved in the US in 20 years, according to the American Journal of Public Health. Artificial fluoridation is a failed experiment that should end! @idasiegal4ny @PeiSzeCheng4NY @gregmocker @CarolinaLeid7 @glorioso4NY @LucyYang7 @PatBattle4NY @MKramerTV @LyndaBaquero4NY @jonathanlentz @GloriaPazmino @katiecouric @yoavgonen @Gregcergol4NY @tstrahan4NY @DavidUshery4NY @katcreag4NY @SibilaTV @TimFleischer7 @Gus4NY @Checkey4NY @ABC7NYNewsDesk @michaelG4NY @jonathan4ny @Fox5Teresa @JodiGFox5NY @erinmdurkin @GusoffTV @TinaMoorereport @Gregbsmithnyc @OlivingstonTV @rosannascotto @KenRosatoTV @billritter7 @SadeABC @joetorresABC7 @nypost @epochhealth @siadvance @QueensEagle @BklynEagle @MelissaRusso4NY @NY1 @bobhardt @CherylDWills @FerroTV @nytDeniseGrady @sunlee @bylenasun