October 17, 2022: Letter of Resignation from Kendall Chamberlin, the Water and Waste Superintendent for the Town of Richmond.

VERMONT FLUORIDE DATA FOR EACH WATER SYSTEM

• 2020: Levels of Fluoride in the State’s Drinking Water and Fluoridation Status: 5 Public Water Systems with fluoride levels over 0.71 ppm.

For a quick overview, Michael Dolan, in his November 2021 Fluoridation Review, listed these cities and towns in Vermont:

The following list of fluoridated cities and towns was obtained from the Vermont Department of Health website, dated October 2018. We have only included as fluoridated municipalities marked on the list as “adjusted”. Municipalities in which fluoride is not added to the water or in which a small minority of the houses are adjusted are listed as non-fluoridated unless the concentration of naturally occurring fluoride is 0.7 ppm or greater.

Fluoridated cities and towns: Algurh, Barnet, Barre City, Barre Town, Barton (Orleans only), Bellows Falls, Berlin, Bradford Village, Burlington, Colchester, Duxbury, East Haven (natural), Enosburg, Essex, Hinesburg, Jericho, Ludlow, Middlebury, Milton, Montpelier, Morrisville, Newbury, Newport, Northfield, Norwich, Poultney, Proctor, Randolph, Richmond, Rutland, Shelburne, South Burlington, Springfield, St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Swanton, Underhill, Vergennes, Waterbury, Williston, Winooski.

Non-fluoridated cities and towns: Albany, Arlington, Bakersfield, Barnard, Bennington, Benson, Berkshire, Bethel, Bloomfield, Bolton, Braintree, Brattleboro, Bridgewater, Bridport, Brighton, Bristol, Burke, Cabot, Calais, Cambridge, Canaan, Castleton, Cavendish, Charlotte, Chelsea, Chester, Clarendon, Concord, Coventry, Craftsbury, Danby, Danville, Derby, Dorest, Dover, Dummerston, East Montpelier, Elmore, Fair Haven, Fairfax, Fairfield, Fayston, Franklin, Georgia, Grand Isle, Graniteville, Greensboro, Guildhall, Hardwick, Hartford, Hartland, Highgate, Huntington, Hyde Park, Irasburg, Jamaica, Jay, Johnson, Killington, Londonderry, Lunenburg, Lyndon, Manchester, Marshfield, Mendon, Montgomery, Moretown, Morristown, North Hero, North Montpelier, North Troy, Orleans, Peacham, Peru, Pittsford, Plainfield, Plymouth, Pownal, Putney, Quechee, Readsboro, Richford, Rochester, Royalton, Ryegate, Shaftsbury, Sheffield, Sheldon, Shrewsbury, South Hero. St. George, Starksboro, Stockbridge, Stowe, Stratton, Sunderland, Sutton, Thetford, Townsend, Troy, Tunbridge, Vernon, Waitsfield, Wallingford, Warren, Washington, Waterville, Weathersfield, Websterville, Wells River, West Dover, West Fairlee, West Windsor, Westfield, Westford, Westminster, Wheelock, Whiting, Williamstown, Wilmington, Windsor, Winhall Acres, Wolcott, Woodstock, Worcester.

WATER FLUORIDATION ACCIDENTS:

• AUGUST 1980 – Accident with school water fluoridation equipment leads to fluoride levels as high as 1,041 ppm and causes an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, headache, dizziness, and diarrhea at a farmers market. (SOURCE: Vogt 1982)