Your Drinking Water Will Change, Fluoride Levels to Drop Soon
Fluoride has been added to American public drinking water supplies to reduce tooth decay since 1945. People have called widespread use of Fluoride one of the great public health successes of the century. Yet after almost a decade of debate, the federal government will soon urge cities to reduce the amount of Fluoride they add to your drinking water.
On January 7, 2011, the US Department of Health and Human Services proposed to lower fluoride doses to public water by about a third, citing health research that shows too much fluoride can cause a variety of problems including tooth discoloration or pitting (dental fluorosis), hormone disruption, and perhaps bone cancer. The bone cancer link has been researched at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine by Dr. Elise B. Bassin.
The Health and Human Services Department oversees the national water flouridation program but the Environmental Protection Agency sets the health protection … Continue Reading >>>