Health chief wants it in water; others cite risks
Fluoride use disputed
By Dan Shapley
Poughkeepsie Journal
In Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie is the only one of 725 public water systems that adds fluoride to drinking water.That could change, though. Commissioner of Health Dr. Michael Caldwell has made it a priority this year to inform public water providers about the benefits of fluoride in cavity prevention, in hopes that more choose to do so.
"To me, it's equivalent to the success of immunizations," Caldwell said. "There's nothing else we've been able to do on a community-wide level to improve dental health as fluoride has done."
In advocating for increased fluoridation, Caldwell is advancing an initiative the Centers for Disease Control calls one of the nation's top 10 public health achievements of the last century.He's also wading into a controversy. A network of opposition groups argues that increased access to other forms of fluoride, as well as a suspected link to bone cancer, should make fluoridated drinking water a thing of the past.Fluoridation has been controversial from the start.
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By Dan Shapley
Poughkeepsie Journal
In Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie is the only one of 725 public water systems that adds fluoride to drinking water.That could change, though. Commissioner of Health Dr. Michael Caldwell has made it a priority this year to inform public water providers about the benefits of fluoride in cavity prevention, in hopes that more choose to do so.
"To me, it's equivalent to the success of immunizations," Caldwell said. "There's nothing else we've been able to do on a community-wide level to improve dental health as fluoride has done."
In advocating for increased fluoridation, Caldwell is advancing an initiative the Centers for Disease Control calls one of the nation's top 10 public health achievements of the last century.He's also wading into a controversy. A network of opposition groups argues that increased access to other forms of fluoride, as well as a suspected link to bone cancer, should make fluoridated drinking water a thing of the past.Fluoridation has been controversial from the start.
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