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Illinois honors communities for water fluoridation
4:10 AM, Mar. 22, 2012
llinois officials have announced that 432 communities have been recognized for maintaining state-mandated fluoride levels in their water systems last year.
The awards were presented Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Health experts say drinking fluoridated water from birth can reduce tooth decay by 40 to 65 percent.
Another 122 communities received honorable mentions for meeting state fluoride levels for 11 out of 12 months last year.
State officials say about 99 percent of people served by public water systems in Illinois drink fluoridated water. That's compared with the national average of about 72 percent.
65%? If it was only that clear a difference in State comparisons. What about Kentucky fluoridated and has the worst dental decay.
4:10 AM, Mar. 22, 2012
llinois officials have announced that 432 communities have been recognized for maintaining state-mandated fluoride levels in their water systems last year.
The awards were presented Wednesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
Health experts say drinking fluoridated water from birth can reduce tooth decay by 40 to 65 percent.
Another 122 communities received honorable mentions for meeting state fluoride levels for 11 out of 12 months last year.
State officials say about 99 percent of people served by public water systems in Illinois drink fluoridated water. That's compared with the national average of about 72 percent.
65%? If it was only that clear a difference in State comparisons. What about Kentucky fluoridated and has the worst dental decay.
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