January 7th, 2011 Health and Human Services lowers recommended levels of fluoride in water Substance causing fluorosis; health worries growing ATLANTA - In a remarkable event, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced plans Friday to lower the recommended level of fluoride added to drinking water for the first time in almost 50 years, based on a new review of the science. The announcement has renewed the battle over fluoridation, even though the addition of fluoride to drinking water is considered by the CDC to be one of the greatest public health successes of the 20th century. CDC bases their statement on statistics showing a continuing decline of tooth decay in the US since fluoridation began. The government first began urging municipal water systems to add fluoride in the early 1950s. Since then, it has been put in toothpaste and mouthwash. It is also in some bottled water and in soda. Some children even take fluoride supplements. Now, authorities say young children may be getting too much. Official government sources and the American Dental Association have not generally acknowledged the tremendous amounts of fluoride released into our water systems across the country every day, states anti-fluoride groups. And, of course, more than 90 percent of that fluoride is never actually consumed, but ends up in our food, in our drinks, in our pets, in our grass and in the environment. No controlled studies have actually been done on what effects this may have on ...
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