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Is every community in Ohio fluoridated?

April 26, 2017fluoridated Ohio

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Is every community in Ohio fluoridated?

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The Ohio Department of Health reports that about 91 percent of residents with public water systems in their community are receiving “adequate” fluoride through the water However, there are 745 non-fluoridated water systems throughout the state and ODH estimates an additional 897,000 people in the state on public water systems do not get fluoride through their drinking water. The ODH also lists the following 24 Ohio cities exempt from mandatory fluoridation due to a 1970 referenda: Celina (Mercer) Crestline (Crawford) Dover (Tuscarawas) Galion (Crawford) Greenfield (Highland) Greenville (Darke) Lancaster (Fairfield) Lebanon (Warren) Lockland (Hamilton) Mansfield (Richland) Mt. Vernon (Knox) New Carlisle (Clark) New Philadelphia (Tuscarawas) Oakwood (Montgomery) Ohio Water Service-Washington Court House (Fayette) St. Marys (Auglaize) Springfield (Clark) Tipp City (Miami) Troy (Miami) Twin City-Dennison (Tuscarawas) Urbana (Champaign) Wilmington (Clinton) Wooster (Wayne) Xenia (Greene) To