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Polio... is that you, playa?

We're set for another week of insanity on Capitol Square, where Republican legislators want to ban fluoride as a measles outbreak hits Ohio.

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D.J. Byrnes
Mar 31, 2025
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A cool thing about working in the Ohio Statehouse as a 38-year-old man is that I can trace fringe right-wing conspiracy theories from my youth to my adulthood, when Republicans attempt to legislate them into existence.

The latest example is HB-182, which would remove fluoride from drinking water—something especially hazardous to the young children that R…

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