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Much of O.C.'s water gets fluoride starting Monday
See list to determine how much your city is affected.
By ADAM TOWNSEND
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
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The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Monday will start pumping fluoride into Orange County's water supply.
MWD Spokesman Bob Muir said the fluoride injection system at the Robert B. Diemer Filtration plant in Yorba Linda is ready. Diemer supplies about half of the drinking water in Orange County.
Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach have been the only communities in the county with fluoridated water.The Diemer plant is the second-to-last MWD plant to go online with the chemical, advocated by dentists and doctors who say it promotes healthy teeth.
Muir acknowledged the concerns of some national groups and community members who say fluoride is actually harmful to health, but he pointed out that it was a consortium of dentists and medical doctors who approached the MWD board and asked it to fluoridate Southern California's water supply in the first place.
"There are pockets of the community that have questions and concerns about fluoridation," he said. "This is being done at the request of dentists and doctors throughout the region." Muir says he often has to deal with angry customers complaining about fluoridation. Many county residents, however, aren't worried.
"I would assume if it's being done, it's being done to improve the quality of our teeth," said Joe Carey, 46, of Rancho Santa Margarita. "If it ultimately does that, I don't have a problem with it." "I'm definitely for it," said Bill Mitchell, 83, of Placentia. "I think it's a great preventative and I don't have any problem with it."
Contact the writer: 714-704-3706 or atownsend@ocregister.com
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massivepassive wrote:
General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.
11/16/2007 9:56 PM PST on OCRegister.com
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mike5383 wrote:
What kind of socialist idea is this? How about you take a vote and see if WE want fluoridation? We are responsible for the care and maintenance of our own teeth, and we don't need dentists telling our city what they should put in our water for us.
11/16/2007 7:21 PM PST on OCRegister.com
See list to determine how much your city is affected.
By ADAM TOWNSEND
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
Comments 2| Recommend 1
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California on Monday will start pumping fluoride into Orange County's water supply.
MWD Spokesman Bob Muir said the fluoride injection system at the Robert B. Diemer Filtration plant in Yorba Linda is ready. Diemer supplies about half of the drinking water in Orange County.
Fountain Valley and Huntington Beach have been the only communities in the county with fluoridated water.The Diemer plant is the second-to-last MWD plant to go online with the chemical, advocated by dentists and doctors who say it promotes healthy teeth.
Muir acknowledged the concerns of some national groups and community members who say fluoride is actually harmful to health, but he pointed out that it was a consortium of dentists and medical doctors who approached the MWD board and asked it to fluoridate Southern California's water supply in the first place.
"There are pockets of the community that have questions and concerns about fluoridation," he said. "This is being done at the request of dentists and doctors throughout the region." Muir says he often has to deal with angry customers complaining about fluoridation. Many county residents, however, aren't worried.
"I would assume if it's being done, it's being done to improve the quality of our teeth," said Joe Carey, 46, of Rancho Santa Margarita. "If it ultimately does that, I don't have a problem with it." "I'm definitely for it," said Bill Mitchell, 83, of Placentia. "I think it's a great preventative and I don't have any problem with it."
Contact the writer: 714-704-3706 or atownsend@ocregister.com
Comments from readers
massivepassive wrote:
General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.
11/16/2007 9:56 PM PST on OCRegister.com
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mike5383 wrote:
What kind of socialist idea is this? How about you take a vote and see if WE want fluoridation? We are responsible for the care and maintenance of our own teeth, and we don't need dentists telling our city what they should put in our water for us.
11/16/2007 7:21 PM PST on OCRegister.com
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