USA - Flouride in tap water a health risk, doctor warns
By Bangor Daily News Staff
Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - Bangor Daily News
By Meg Haskell
Bangor Daily News
BANGOR — A Bangor pediatrician told members of the City Council on Monday evening that it’s time to revisit the longtime practice of adding fluoride to the city’s public water supply.
Fluoride, which occurs naturally in some water sources and is monitored as an environmental contaminant, also is added in small quantities to many public water supplies across the country to help prevent tooth decay. Like many American communities, Bangor has been fluoridating its water since the 1960s.
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Tuesday, November 14, 2006 - Bangor Daily News
By Meg Haskell
Bangor Daily News
BANGOR — A Bangor pediatrician told members of the City Council on Monday evening that it’s time to revisit the longtime practice of adding fluoride to the city’s public water supply.
Fluoride, which occurs naturally in some water sources and is monitored as an environmental contaminant, also is added in small quantities to many public water supplies across the country to help prevent tooth decay. Like many American communities, Bangor has been fluoridating its water since the 1960s.
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