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In 2022, the Pa. attorney general’s office reached a plea deal with Energy Transfer that included free water testing for residents who might have been affected by Mariner East II pipeline construction.

The board members in favor of stopping fluoridation cited concerns about the quality of the fluoride added to the water, health concerns and ‘forcing’ community members to drink fluoridated water.

Affected homeowners in Benner Township, Centre County, want to know when and how PFAS chemicals got into their water. State officials defend the delay, pointing to “sound scientific practices.”

Fluoridation costs the Authority about $70,000 a year and supply chain problems this year almost kept it from using it.