Testimony In For HB-5350 An Act Concerning the Department of Public Health’s Recommendations on Fluoridation of the Public Water Supply

We support lowering the levels of fluoride in the drinking water, but believe that 0.7ppm isn’t low enough. We believe that Connecticut residents, particularly children, will not be safe from overexposure to fluoride chemicals until the artificial fluoridation of the public water supply is prohibited; leaving only trace amounts of naturally occurring calcium fluoride in the groundwater, usually at levels under 0.2ppm. If the committee feels it needs further information to take action to prohibit fluoridation, we suggest amending the bill to create a fluoridation study committee to examine the latest scientific and medical research, as well as require that an infant fluoride notice be placed in all annual water quality reports in fluoridated communities, as has been done in the states of Vermont and New Hampshire, as well as major metro areas including San Francisco, Austin, and Milwaukee.