Why Do Cities Still Use Fluoride?
Why Do Cities Still Use Fluoride?
We all know it's important to drink water. It makes up a lot of our body composition.
But when you grab for that glass, do you really know what you're getting?
It had Lamar asking, 'why do cities still use fluoride?'
"Our city voted in 1982 to put fluoride in water for dental health," says Roddy Rogers, manager of waste treatment supply at City Utilities. "We do it to comply with that ordinance and to enhance dental health. The Department of Health and Human Services reviews it every seven years. They're looking at fluoride right now."
They're even backing off the amount of fluoride they put in the water because there are other sources where you can get it, like brushing your teeth.
"Roughly calculated, if you drank a gallon of water every day for 20 years, you might get a thimble of fluoride," says Rogers. "We put it in at a part per million. The level that we put it in, it enhances dental health. There's no danger. There's a maximum of 4ppm. We put it at 1ppm. There's no danger. The CDC says it's one of 10 greatest health achievements of last century."
If it is so insignificant how come it has such an affect on teeth and that includes fluorosis?
We all know it's important to drink water. It makes up a lot of our body composition.
But when you grab for that glass, do you really know what you're getting?
It had Lamar asking, 'why do cities still use fluoride?'
"Our city voted in 1982 to put fluoride in water for dental health," says Roddy Rogers, manager of waste treatment supply at City Utilities. "We do it to comply with that ordinance and to enhance dental health. The Department of Health and Human Services reviews it every seven years. They're looking at fluoride right now."
They're even backing off the amount of fluoride they put in the water because there are other sources where you can get it, like brushing your teeth.
"Roughly calculated, if you drank a gallon of water every day for 20 years, you might get a thimble of fluoride," says Rogers. "We put it in at a part per million. The level that we put it in, it enhances dental health. There's no danger. There's a maximum of 4ppm. We put it at 1ppm. There's no danger. The CDC says it's one of 10 greatest health achievements of last century."
If it is so insignificant how come it has such an affect on teeth and that includes fluorosis?
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