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City switches, now says fluoride is good

SPRING CITY, TN — The city manager here, who once was against adding fluoride to the city's water supply, has changed his mind after hearing a speech by Dr. William Peck, dental director for the Tennessee Department of Health's Southeast Regional Office, a January 22 story in The Herald News reported.
City Manager Woody Evans originally disapproved of adding fluoride after state Rep. Dr. Joey Hensley warned that fluoridated drinking water is harmful to humans and advised against adding the chemical to the water, the story said.
Evans, who was going to ask the Spring City water plant to stop adding fluoride, reversed his decision after hearing a pro-fluoride speech by Dr. Peck, the article said.
The city council is also writing a letter to Evans to convince him of the benefits of fluoride. An excerpt from the letter says, "Backed by overwhelming science, community water fluoridation is now acknowledged as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century," according to the article.