With a late night announcement of his signature of HB81, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox secured Utah’s position as the first state in the nation to ban the addition of fluoride into public drinking water systems.

Utah just became the first U.S. state to ban fluoride in public water systems. Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, signed a bill into law on Thursday that prohibits any person or government entity from adding the mineral, which can prevent tooth decay, to water systems in the state.

Republican Governor Spencer Cox signed a bill into law Thursday banning fluoride from the state's drinking water becoming the first to do so.