Inorganic chemicals · 2023

Fluoride in City of Corning — Corning, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

City of Corning — Corning, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Fluoride detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Range
System-wide
0–0.16
Reported level
System-wide
0.12

Verbatim from City of Corning — Corning, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Fluoride

A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay.

Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.

How City of Corning — Corning, Ca, CA compares

5 of the 1248 systems measuring Fluoride on The Water Map have it at or above the federal limit:

Nearby systems also reporting Fluoride:

People also ask

+Is there Fluoride in City of Corning — Corning, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — City of Corning — Corning, Ca, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Fluoride at 0–0.16. City of Corning — Corning, Ca, CA's 2023 report shows Fluoride detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

+What's the federal limit for Fluoride in drinking water?

The federal MCL for Fluoride is 2 . The EPA enforces this against the regulated reporting statistic (running annual average or 90th percentile), not a single-sample spike.

+What is Fluoride?

A mineral often added to drinking water to help prevent tooth decay. Beneficial at low levels, but long-term exposure above the federal limit can cause bone disease and tooth mottling.

+Which other U.S. cities have Fluoride over the federal limit?

5 of the 1248 systems on The Water Map measuring Fluoride report it at or above the federal limit. Examples include Lake Elizabeth Mutual Water Co. — Elizabeth Lake, Ca, CA, Mcfarland, City of — Mcfarland, Ca, CA, Yonkers, NY.

+Where does this Fluoride measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Fluoride entry from the 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the City of Corning — Corning, Ca, CA water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ca/corning-corning-ca/2023/source.

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