USA - Santa Fe will discontinue its longstanding practice of adding fluoride
City Council votes to stop adding fluoride to water supply
Julie Ann Grimm | The New Mexican
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 -
The city of Santa Fe will discontinue its longstanding practice of adding fluoride to municipal drinking water.
The City Council late Wednesday amended the city code to stop fluoridation and require water managers to monitor naturally occurring fluoride so it doesn’t exceed the maximum level recommended by federal standards.
The city has added the mineral to its water supply since 1955 because of the belief that it helps reduce tooth decay.
Today, the city fluoridates by measuring small amounts of a dry chemical compound at its water treatment plant on Canyon Road and at wells, and the same practice takes place at a treatment plant for Rio Grande water drawn into the joint city/county Buckman Direct Diversion project. But, following Wednesday’s City Council vote, that practice will cease.
“What’s happening is you are fluoridating 100 percent of the water, and anywhere from 95 to 99 percent of it does not get ingested,” said Councilor Chris Calvert. “So you are basically dumping most of it into the environment one way or the other.”.....
Julie Ann Grimm | The New Mexican
Posted: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 -
The city of Santa Fe will discontinue its longstanding practice of adding fluoride to municipal drinking water.
The City Council late Wednesday amended the city code to stop fluoridation and require water managers to monitor naturally occurring fluoride so it doesn’t exceed the maximum level recommended by federal standards.
The city has added the mineral to its water supply since 1955 because of the belief that it helps reduce tooth decay.
Today, the city fluoridates by measuring small amounts of a dry chemical compound at its water treatment plant on Canyon Road and at wells, and the same practice takes place at a treatment plant for Rio Grande water drawn into the joint city/county Buckman Direct Diversion project. But, following Wednesday’s City Council vote, that practice will cease.
“What’s happening is you are fluoridating 100 percent of the water, and anywhere from 95 to 99 percent of it does not get ingested,” said Councilor Chris Calvert. “So you are basically dumping most of it into the environment one way or the other.”.....
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