Steve Metzer

Tulsa World Capitol Bureau Staff Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY — Tulsans and most other Oklahomans who rely on public water supplies continue to drink and use water that has been fluoridated, despite a shift in state policy ordered months ago by Gov. Kevin Stitt.

In June, Stitt issued an executive order that, among other things, called on the State Department of Health to no longer make a recommendation that fluoride be added as part of the treatment process of public water supplies. At that time, he also ordered the Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality to conduct a comprehensive review and report on all current policies, regulations, procedures and practices related to the fluoridation of public water supplies in Oklahoma.

The report, completed recently and

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