fluoridation
nounEtymology From fluoride + -ation.
1
Chemistry, Natural sciences, Physical sciences The act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water.
- Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.2013 August 9, Douglas Main, “Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation”, in Live Science, retrieved 30 Sep 2013:
- Proposed restrictions on fluoridation in New Hampshire, Tennessee and North Dakota were rejected. A measure in Kentucky to make fluoridation optional stalled in the state Senate.2025 March 28, “Utah becomes the first state to ban fluoride in public drinking water”, in CNN, sourced from Associated Press:
- Derived terms
- antifluoridation, defluoridation
- Related terms
- fluoridate, fluoridated, fluoridationist, fluoritization, water fluoridation