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Milwaukee to temporarily reduce fluoride in drinking water amid supply shortage
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To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoMILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee Water Works will temporarily lower the amount of fluoride added to the city's drinking water starting Friday, July 31, citing national supply chain constraints affecting fluoride additives.
Milwaukee Water Works sought a new supplier, but no bids were received by the July 27 deadline.
"This temporary adjustment is driven by supply availability and does not affect the safety or quality of Milwaukee's drinking water," said Patrick Pauly, Milwaukee Water Works superintendent.
"Research has shown that children that live in communities with fluoride in the water, they have less decay than children that live in communities without fluoride in the water, " Gonzalez said.
Milwaukee has added fluoride to its water since 1953.