So, Chris, how are your teeth?

So, you know, I grew up having a number of cavities, actually.

Our colleague Chris Marr has been reporting on one of the biggest debates in teeth,

whether or not fluoride should be

added to drinking water. For decades, municipalities around the U.S. have been doing this to improve

oral health. But recently, fluoride has become more controversial.

I have done a lot of reporting on water, but really, to be honest, fluoride never really hit my radar as an issue

until last year. Over the past year, communities across the country have started to reconsider

fluoride. There's a shift in town where I think there's just more credence to the position that

fluoride may have been a good thing in the past,

but it just may not be necessary now. It's really gaining some momentum.

And last week, Utah became the very first state to ban local governments from adding fluoride to water.

Utah taking aside in the renewed debate over fluoride in drinking water.

Utah's now the first state to ban fluoride in drinking water.

Pushing past opposition from some dentists and health organizations

who warn that the move could lead to medical problems for some people.

It's a pretty historic development.

Going forward in Utah, cities are not going to be able to add

fluoride to their municipal drinking water. And Chris says more bans could be coming.

The debate over fluoride is a tricky one, because both sides say they're just looking out

for the public's health. And both sides also say that they have the science to back it up.

A lot of emotions get raised when it comes down to people's health, you know, their children's

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