USA - Austin - Urban Renewal, Sustainable Development, and ... Fluoride?

....The latest volley in the ongoing fluoride follies, this resolution approves recommendations from the Health and Human Services Department regarding fluoridation and calls for the City Manager to implement the recos. They are as follows:


- Continue to keep Austin water fluoridated because fluoridation of public drinking waters is good, population based public health practice according to the Centers for Disease Control and the City’s Health and Human Services Department.
- Post information about fluoride and infants on the City’s website and at the City’s Health and Human Services Department Neighborhood Centers and WIC Stations, in both English and Spanish.

- Mail information to Austin Water Utility customers highlighting fluoride and infant information from the City’s website.

As local fluoridation opponents' recent calls for a warning label on water bills regarding fluoride were recently and resoundingly objected by council's Public Health and Human Services Committee, it's unlikely these steps go far enough to assuage their concerns. Expect to hear all about it on Thursday (if not during the next council election).....