SUSPENSION OF FLUORIDE IN GREENSBORO WATER
Cities Across U.S. Affected by Nationwide Shortage
GREENSBORO, NC (September 29, 2005) – Due to a nationwide shortage in the supply of fluoride, Greensboro has temporarily suspended its practice of adding fluoride to drinking water. The national shortage is the combined result of increased demand from the state of California, which recently began fluoridating its water, and withdrawal from the market of major manufacturer U.S. Agrichemicals of Florida, one of only three fluoride producers in the country.
Fluoride is not used to treat drinking water and has no effect on water quality, but is added to help prevent tooth decay. A temporary - two to three month - disruption of fluoride in the water supply should not noticeably impact dental health. Concerned residents should contact their doctor or dentist about the possibility of using fluoride supplements.
Greensboro ran out of fluoride in early September. City water officials have contacted various fluoride suppliers in recent weeks; however none have been able to provide any fluoride to the City and were unable to estimate when supplies may again become available.
Fluoridation of Greensboro’s water began in the 1960’s after the Greensboro City Council voted to fluoridate the local water supply along with other communities nationwide. Greensboro adds about 1 part per million of fluoride, the standard recommended level.
3 comments:
I would prefer to NOT have flouride in the city water. The less chemicals the better! We have enough bone cancer...Harvard study shows a link...
Different studies, different conclusions - benefits vs. downsides. This is an ageless debate, and city leaders long ago decided to fluordate. I haven't been convinced we need to reverse that decision.
Please read at :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation
The National Academy of Sciences consensus is that 2ppm of fluoride in drinking water is harmful[18] and those opposed to public fluoridation of drinking water contend that water fluoridation (typically 1ppm) can have harmful effects. When combined with additional sources of fluoride from the diet (typically from processed foods)[19] and from dental products, cosmetic effects, such as dental fluorosis, have been reported, especially among children.[19][20] High levels of fluoride intake have been associated with bone weakening[19] and more recently with bone cancer in boys.[19][21][22] Fluoridated water alone has not been shown to cause adverse health effects in humans at the typical level of municipal water fluoridation of 1 mg/L.[23] Studies have also indicated exposure to fluoride can lower IQ[24]. The EPA published a study that reported that fluoridated water helped carry aluminum into rat's brains, producing Alzheimer's-like lesions.[25] A study by the National Research Council concluded that flouride can alter endocrine function, especially in the thyroid.[26] Opponents of mass water fluoridation argue that doing so takes away individual choice as to the substances a person ingests and that it amounts to mass medication. Still others question the benefits of fluoridation at all. A 2000 study conducted by the University of York, UK, examined 30 studies concluding that "the evidence about reducing inequalities in dental health was of poor quality, contradictory and unreliable". Of the evidence found, the report suggested that water fluoridation was likely to have a beneficial effect, but that the range could be anywhere from a substantial benefit to a slight disbenefit to children's teeth.[27]
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