One of New Mexico’s largest cities will no longer add fluoride to its water supply, joining a growing number of other municipalities.
Officials in Santa Fe, the fourth most populous city in the state, have approved an ordinance that removes a city code requiring the fluoridation of the municipal water system.
Two members of the Santa Fe Council introduced the change during an Oct. 8 meeting, and the council approved the ordinance.
Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber signed the measure on Oct. 15, changing section 25-1.8 of the city code by removing lines that stated, “The water supply of the city shall be fluoridated by the addition of sufficient fluoride ion to raise the concentration of fluoride ion reaching each customer to an optimal level on one (1) part per million parts of water. The fluoride ion level shall be maintained between a minimum of eight-tenths (.8) part per million parts and a maximum of one and two-tenths (1.2) parts per million parts of water.”…