Nebraska

WATER FLUORIDATION STATUS:

• 69.8% of Nebraska’s public water supplies are fluoridated.
• To see if your town is fluoridated, click here.
• To learn when your town was fluoridated, and which fluoridation chemical it uses, click here.

LATEST NEWS:

• To see the latest news on fluoride developments in Nebraska, click here.
• To see an updated list of Nebraska’s professionals calling for an end to fluoridation, click here.

Nebraska’s FLUORIDATION LAW:

• Lobbied by the Nebraska Dental Association and supported by the American Dental Association (ADA), the Nebraska legislature passed a law in April 2008, over the Governor’s veto, to require all Nebraska cities with populations over 1,000 to add fluoride chemicals into water supplies unless cities opt-out by 2010. 49 out of 61 Nebraska cities opted out by voting NO to fluoridation in Election Day referenda on November 4, 2008. 
• Nebraska Revised Statute §71-3305 creates a statewide fluoridation mandate for all municipalities having a population of 1000 or more, unless they have a naturally high fluoride level.  At the time of adoption, voters were given an opportunity to prohibit the practice in their community by adopting a prohibition ordinance.  To learn more about this law, click here.

DATA ON ORAL HEALTH:

• Nebraska’s Oral Health Profile
• CDC’s Synopsis

FAN’S STATE COORDINATOR IN Nebraska:

If you live in NE and want to get the fluoride out of your water contact Stuart Cooper, FAN’s campaign coordinator.

Nebraska COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE REJECTED FLUORIDATION:

NEBRASKA WATER SYSTEMS WITH HIGH FLUORIDE LEVELS:

FLUORIDE POLLUTION SOURCES IN NEBRASKA:

In 2008, Nebraska ranked #21 out of 48 states for Hydrogen Fluoride releases (939,444 pounds) into the environment. The following data comes from EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). “Total releases” includes both water and air pollution. It’s important to note, however, that not all industries or sources that release fluoride into the environment are included in the TRI.