City of Baltimore - File #: 16-0297R

• File #: 16-0297R
• Version: 0
• Name: Informational Hearing - Public Water Supply Fluoridation
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Failed - End of Term
• File created: 4/7/2016
• In control: Judiciary and Legislative Investigations
• Final action: 12/5/2016
• Title: Informational Hearing - Public Water Supply Fluoridation FOR the purpose of inviting representatives from the Departments of Health and Public Works, as well as experts on water fluoridation and community members, to join the City Council for a discussion about the costs and benefits to Baltimore of continuing to fluoridate our public water supply.
• Sponsors: Nick Mosby, Warren Branch, Brandon M. Scott, Carl Stokes, Eric T. Costello, Bill Henry, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Sharon Green Middleton, Robert Curran, Helen L. Holton, President Young, William "Pete" Welch
• Indexes: Fluoridation, Informational Hearing, Public Water Supply

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/11/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Public Works
4/11/2016	0	The City Council	Refer to Dept. of Health
4/7/2016	0	City Council	Assigned
4/7/2016	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Mosby



A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Public Water Supply Fluoridation
FOR the purpose of inviting representatives from the Departments of Health and Public Works, as well as experts on water fluoridation and community members, to join the City Council for a discussion about the costs and benefits to Baltimore of continuing to fluoridate our public water supply.
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Recitals

The common procedure of artificial fluoridation of public water supplies affecting some 210 million Americans has become increasingly controversial in recent years. Its advocates point toward its beneficial effects on dental health, while its opponents contend that there are better ways to achieve those benefits and that water fluoridation has been linked to a variety of poor health outcomes. With scientific studies appearing to bolster both sides of this debate, it is an important subject for further investigation and public discussion.

According to the CDC, fluoridated water keeps teeth strong and has reduced tooth decay by 25% in children and adults. Since fluoridation of public water supplies was first introduced 70 years ago in Grand Rapids, MI and became more widely adopted in the 1960?s, the dramatic improvements in dental health attributed to it have caused the CDC to name fluoridation as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century. Furth...