Woodland council ends fluoridation

It will be removed from water supply immediately

Woodland will remove fluoride from its water supply following a Monday city council decision.

Councilors voted 6-1 to remove the additive from its water supply immediately. Councilman Al Swindell was the lone vote of dissent on the resolution.

Councilman Benjamin Fredricks, who voted to remove fluoride from the water supply, said it boiled down to a decision about personal choice.

“Everyone has the opportunity to use (fluoride) topically as a toothpaste if they wish,” he said. “Every doctor I go to knows they can’t force a patient to take a medicine without their informed consent.”

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