Republican Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill into law Thursday banning fluoride from the state's drinking water becoming the first to do so.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill this week making the state the first in the nation to ban fluoride in public drinking water. Under the bill, a person "may not add fluoride to water in, or water that will be introduced into a public water system" and a "political subdivision may not enact or enforce an ordinance that requires or permits the addition of fluoride to water in,

Utah has become the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water, despite widespread opposition from dentists and national health organizations. Republican Gov.