Air date: December 6, 2009

Host: Barbara Lewis

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Interview: Sound Medicine reporter, Colleen Iudice

We begin today with a story about local politics and tight budgets colliding with public health.

Earlier this month, the town of Rockville in central Indiana was looking for ways to cut its city water bill.

One way that was proposed: stop adding fluoride to the water, even though it’s been shown to reduce tooth decay and has been hailed as one of the public health triumphs of the past century.

So a group of local dentists got into the act. Sound Medicine’s Colleen Iudice has the story.

Additional Resources:

• Get more on the benefits of fluoridation from the CDC.

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