Birmingham Sues Water Utility Over Fluoride Ban

0:00It's March 28th. Welcome to Birmingham News today, powered by AI. Birmingham just hit its local water utility with a lawsuit, demanding they pump fluoride back into the city's drinking water right now. The city fouled the complaint Thursday in Jefferson County Circuit Court blasting central Alabama water for suddenly ditching nearly 50 years of. Fluoridation without warning. They followed a Friday with an emergency motion for a restraining order to make it happen immediately. Here this spring, on March 20th, the utility announced the change, but city lawyers say that breaks Alabama law. That rule demands at least 90 days notice to the state health officer before any permanent tweaks to fluoride levels. The suit also targets the CEO and five board members, accusing them of hiding the move from everyone. This abrupt switch has folks worried about dental health across Birmingham's 90,000-plus residents. Those call it a public nuisance, hitting low-income families and kids hardest, since fluoridated

1:00water is a cheap shield against tooth decay when. Other cares out of reach. Without heads up, the city couldn't even alert people or line up backups. The filing stress is causes immediate harm that can't be fixed later, robbing vulnerable communities of protection. Birmingham wants the court to rule the utility's actions illegal and forced fluoride back in while the case plays out. Meanwhile, the water company told reporters they won't comment on ongoing legal fights, so the battle heads to a judge soon.