“This is the same board that promised transparency. The same leadership that said they would run this utility the right way. And now they can’t even follow a basic notification statute before stripping a public health measure from hundreds of thousands of people’s drinking water,” Woodfin wrote.
Late last week, the City of Birmingham filed a lawsuit against CAW, claiming that the CAW failed to provide notice of the change and requesting an emergency court order for fluoridation to resume, according to local WVTM13 news. The city claimed in its filing that removing fluoride from the water threatened residents’ dental health, including low-income residents and children who lack access
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