USA - Council votes to keep fluoride

By MICKEY POWELL
Fluoride will remain in Martinsville’s drinking water. At least for now.
At Tuesday night’s Martinsville City Council meeting, a motion by Councilwoman Sharon Brooks Hodge and seconded by Councilwoman Jennifer Bowles to remove fluoride from the city’s water supply was defeated 3-2.
The vote came after the council in recent months heard from opponents of water fluoridation, some of whom have launched a campaign to educate residents about what they believe are potential health hazards of fluoride....................................