Fluoride has been used in water systems across the country for decades, with multiple studies showing it has slowed the prevalence of tooth decay in children and adults.
But a handful of South Carolina legislators want to ban fluoride in public drinking water. A pair of bills introduced in the past year are challenging the widely accepted use of fluoride as a tool for better dental health.
Sen. Carlisle Kennedy, R-Lexington, and Rep. Lee Gilreath, R-Anderson, sponsored the fluoride legislation, filing separate bills that would prohibit utilities from adding the cavity-fighting mineral to water distributed to millions of people across the state…