SB 5968 - DIGEST

     Provides that public water systems must comply with all of the following requirements in conducting fluoridation of a public water supply:  (1) Fluoridation is limited to the use of fluorine-bearing chemicals that, at the optimum concentration for addition to the public water supply, release the total fluorine component as free fluoride anion.

     (2) For the purposes of this act, the total release of the fluorine component must be determined by testing actual potable water, including the configuration of chemicals, additives, contaminants, and pH balance with first stage and second stage disinfectants, rather than with distilled water, produced following injection of the fluorine-bearing chemical.

     Provides that a product, substance, device, element, medicine, or preventive agent may not be added to any public water supply for the specific intent of human consumption or for the purpose of affecting the physical or mental functions of the body of any person consuming the water, rather than for the purpose of making water more potable, unless it has been tested and approved as safe and effective for the purpose for which it is to be added by the United States food and drug administration.