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UK Against Fluoridation

Tuesday, November 07, 2017

USA - Buda voters to decide whether to reintroduce fluoride to tap water

Competing water fluoridation signs in Buda on Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017. Buda voters on Tuesday will decide whether the Central Texas city should again add fluoride to its water supply.
The widespread and decades-old practice of fluoridation — roughly two-thirds of Americans live in communities with fluoridated water supplies — is a federally recognized public health policy meant to curb tooth decay. But the strategy has courted increasingly vocal resistance in recent decades as some new scientific evidence indicates marginal benefits or even adverse human health impacts. 
Tap water in Buda had been fluoridated for years until residents in the neighboring city of San Marcos voted in 2015 to ban the practice. Buda — locatedin one of the fastest-growing counties in the U.S. — receives the majority of its water from San Marcos' municipal water plant. 
The Buda City Council almost immediately sought to reintroduce the mineral additive to the city's water supply with technical and financial assistance from a state fluoridation program. They began installing all the necessary equipment at the end of 2016. But earlier this year a group of citizens rallied against the policy, arguing that added fluoride could be harmful and even toxic to consume even though it meets standards set by the American Water Works Association and the National Sanitation Foundation..........................

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