'The battle on fluoridation continues and
is burning through the American southwest. Phoenix, Arizona, the
nation’s sixth most populous city, is seeking to rid itself of the
harmful chemical compound known as fluoride. Come this fall, the Phoenix
city council is slated to discuss the future of fluoride and it’s
removal from the municipal water supply, a move that has been a growing
trend in cities across the United States. Just recently, Albuquerque,
New Mexico passed a ruling to put an end to fluoridation in it’s city
water system. In 2001, residents of the city of Flagstaff, Arizona,
voted by an overwhelming majority to have fluoride removed from their
public water system.'
