SENATE DOCKET, NO. 228        FILED ON: 1/9/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Peter J. Durant, (BY REQUEST)

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to fluoride in water warnings.

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PETITION OF:

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 228        FILED ON: 1/9/2025

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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act relative to fluoride in water warnings.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 8C the following section:- 

Section 8D. The annual Consumer Confidence Report on water quality shall include the following language whenever the fluoride in drinking water is at or above 0.3 ppm:

The offspring of pregnant persons and bottle-fed babies are at risk of developmental neurotoxicity and damaged teeth from fluoride levels at or above 0.3 ppm;

Diabetics and those with kidney, thyroid, or inflammatory conditions are at risk of worsening their conditions from consumption of waters at or above 0.3 ppm.