MAINE FLUORIDE DATA FOR EACH WATER SYSTEM

• 2020: Levels of Fluoride in the State’s Drinking Water and Fluoridation Status.

• No Public Water System with fluoride levels over 0.71 ppm.
  NOTE: According to a 2014 article in Scientific American, “the majority of the state… rely on private wells for the water they drink… newly available data … indicates that in some 10 communities in the state wells harbor dangerously high levels of fluoride. In some cases, the wells contain more than double the level that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has deemed the acceptable maximum exposure level…”

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

The following list of fluoridated cities and towns was obtained from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services website, dated June 2013.

Fluoridated cities and towns: Anson, Ashland, Auburn, Augusta, Baileyville, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Bath, Belfast, Benton, Berwick, Bethel, Biddeford, Biddeford Pool, Blaine, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor, Bradley, Brewer, Bridgton, Brunswick, Bucksport, Camden, Cape Elizabeth, Caribou, Chelsea, Clifton, Cumberland, Damariscotta, Dexter, Dover-Foxcroft, Dixfield, Eagle Lake, East Millinocket, Eastport, Eddington, Ellsworth, Embden, Fairfield, Falmouth, Fort Fairfield, Fort Kent, Freeport, Fryeburg, Gardiner, Gorham, Greening Island, Guilford, Hampden, Hartland, Hermon, Holden, Houlton, Hulls Cove, Indian Island, Lewiston, Limestone, Lubec, Machias, Madawaska, Madison, Manchester, Mars Hill, Mechanic Falls, Medway, Mexico, Milford, Millinocket, Monmouth, Newcastle, Newport, Northport, Norway, Oakland, Old Orchard Beach, Old Town, Orono, Orrington, Owls Head, Pittsfield, Pittston, Pleasant Point, Portland, Presque Isle, Randolph, Raymond, Rockland, Rockport, Rumford, Saco, Salisbury Cove, Sanford, Sangerville, Scarborough (Pine Point), Scarborough, Skowhegan, Southport, South Freeport, South Gardiner, South Portland, Springvale, Standish, Thomaston, Topsham, Van Buren, Vassalboro, Veazie, Washburn, Waterville, West Bath, Westbrook, Westfield, Windham, Winslow, Winterport, Winthrop, Wiscasset, Woolwich, York.

Non-fluoridated cities and towns: Acton, Addison, Albion, Alfred, Appleton, Arundel, Athens, Baldwin, Belgrade, Blue Hill, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Bradford, Bristol, Brooks, Brownfield, Brownville, Burnham, Buxton, Calais, Canaan, Carmel, Casco, Castine, Charleston, Cherryfield, Chesterville, China, Clinton, Corinth, Cornish, Cornville, Cushing, Dayton, Dedham, Denmark, Dixmont, Dresden, Durham, East Machias, Easton, Edgecomb, Eliot, Enfield, Etna, Exeter, Farmington, Fayette, Frankfort, Franklin, Frenchville, Friendship, Garland, Georetown, Glenburn, Gouldsboro, Gray, Greenbush, Greene, Greenville, Hallowell, Hancock, Harpswell, Harrison, Hartford, Hebron, Hiram, Hodgon, Hollis, Hope, Howland, Jay, Hudson, Jefferson, Jonesport, Kenduskeag, Kennebunk, Kennebunkport, Kittery, Lamoine, Lebanon, Leeds, Levant, Limerick, Limington, Lincoln, Lincolnville, Lisbon, Litchfield, Littleton, Livermore, Livermore Falls, Lovell, Lyman, Machias, Machiasport, Mapleton, Milbridge, Milo, Minot, Montville, Mount Desert, Mount Vernon, Naples, New Gloucester, New Sharon, Newburgh, Newfield, Nobleboro, Norridgewock, North Berwick, North Yarmouth, Ogunquit, Orland, Otisfield, Oxford, Palermo, Paris, Parsonfield, Penobscot, Peru, Phillips, Phippsburg, Plymouth, Poland, Porter, Pownal, Rangeley, Readfield, Richmond, St. George, Sabattus, Searsmont, Searsport, Sebago, Sedgwick, Shapleigh, Sidney, Solon, South Berwick, South Thomaston, Southwest Harbor, Stetson, Steuben, Stockton Springs, Stonington, Strong, Sullivan, Surry, Swanville, Tremont, Trenton, Troy, Turner, Union, Unity, Vinalhaven, Wales, Washington, Waterford, Waterboro, Wayne, Wells, West Gardiner, West Paris, Whitefield, Wilton, Windsor, Woodland, Woodstock, Yarmouth, and over 150 smaller towns with fewer than 1,000 residents each.

important facts:

• January 29, 2019: Cave Hill School in Franklin notifies parents of high fluoride levels: “The water provided by the school currently has a fluoride concentration of 3.4 mg/L.“
• August 20,2014: Good article on the high fluoride levels throughout Maine: Is Fluoride in Private Wells Causing an IQ Decline? (August 20, 2014)
• October 1981 – Jonesboro:  57 students, teachers and principal are taken to hospital after an accident with school fluoridation equipment. 38 are administered regurgitants to make them vomit the fluoride, and milk to counteract the poison. Two are admitted to the hospital for several hours for fast heartbeat. Other symptoms include nausea, abdominal pain and vomiting. On December 1, 1981, Jonesboro citizens vote 43-2 not to reinstate fluoridation at the school, and to charge the Dept. of Human Services for the emergency room bill of $1,137.24. (SOURCE: Bevis 1981 | The Maine Paper 1981, Bangor Daily News (10/7/81), Portland Press Herald (10/8/81))
• MAY 1979 – Island Falls: Fluoride machine allows extra fluoride into water system while motor head is being changed. “The exact water fluoride level was not ascertained although a water sample at a manufacturing plant was greater than 10 ppm.” 5 people suffer gastrointestinal illness.” (SOURCE: Bevis 1981)