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Dental Medicine’s Suparna Mahalaha shares concerns about Ohio’s House Bill 182

GOP lawmakers’ push for fluoride ban in Ohio getting pushback
WJWSuparna Mahalaha, assistant professor at the School of Dental Medicine, shared her concerns about Ohio’s House Bill 182, which would ban fluoride in public water. “Efforts to remove fluoride put people, especially children and lower-income communities, at greater risk for preventable dental disease,” she said. Supporters argue the bill protects personal choice over government mandates.