The City Council of Sweet Home, Oregon, a city of roughly 10,000 people, voted this summer to remove fluoride from its drinking water. In passing the ordinance, which went into effect Aug. 7, Sweet Home joined a growing number of U.S. municipalities that are removing or exploring the removal of fluoride from public drinking water this year. Utah became the first state to prohibit local communities from adding fluoride to their public water systems, a ban that took effect in May. … As of 2022, 63% of the U.S. population received fluoridated water from public water systems, according to the ADA.