by Matt Agorist, The Free Thought Project:
(The Last American Vagabond) According to newly obtained emails between Houston officials, and a confirmed statement from the Public Works Department, the City of Houston has not added fluoridation chemicals to the water supply since at least 2019. The reason for ending the water fluoridation program is currently unknown. Houstonians are still receiving low levels of naturally occurring fluoride from municipal water systems.
Approximately 2.5 million people live in the city of Houston, Texas, making it the most populated city in the state and the fourth most populous in the United States. The Greater Houston metro area is made up of numerous smaller towns, cities, and incorporated areas with a population of more than 7.5 million people.
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The revelation that Houston has not added fluoride to the water supply for the last 5 years makes it the largest U.S. city to end the practice of water fluoridation. Houston’s water supply does still contain low levels of naturally occurring fluoride.
The new details were contained in a batch of emails released to The Last American Vagabond (TLAV) as part of an open records request.
In one email, dated October 16, 2024, Joni Synatschk, the Senior Division Manager of Houston’s Drinking Water Regulatory Compliance Programs, states,“City of Houston maintains the ability to feed fluoride at the surface and groundwater plants. However, due to the presence of naturally occurring levels within the service area, fluoride has not been actively fed into the system in the past five years.”
When reached by phone, Synatschk told TLAV, “The best I can tell you is, what I’ve been told, is that the last loads of fluoride we received was probably around 2018. That means it may have been added 2018 to 2019, maybe.” Synatschk said she was not her current position until 2021.
“I don’t think it was a formal decision,” she added.
The City of Houston has never publicly acknowledged they are not adding fluoride chemicals to the municipal water supply. It is a possibility the water fluoridation program was cut due to budget concerns as Houston continues to grapple with a $330 million dollar budget deficit.
An analysis of the City of Houston’s procurement contracts reveals a $5 million contract for hydrofluorosilicic acid ending January 23, 2019. Another contract for the same fluoridation chemicals was signed in April 2022, with the Houston City Council approving a $1,966,600.00 deal with Pencco. During the brief discussion on the Pencco contract former City Council member Michael Kubosh spoke against water fluoridation, noting that Houstonians had previously spoken against the practice.
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