New Jersey Mayor Cheers End to Town’s ‘Mass Medication’ Through Fluoridated Water

‘City officials agreed to end water fluoridation in a New Jersey town after the mayor spoke out against the practice.

“The township will end its mass medication of the public by ending the use of fluoride in the water system,” said David Stahl, mayor of East Brunswick, last month during his state of the township address.

The Republican Stahl said he had “read much data on the pros and cons of putting fluoride in our water system,” saying that the cavity-fighting mineral is more widely available than when it was introduced nearly 60 years ago to the town’s water system, reported the Courier News.’

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