CNN: Government Recommends Lowering Fluoride Levels in U.S. Drinking Water

Posted on January 7th, 2011 Admin

This is a partial victory but we need to continue to aggressively pursue total elimination of fluoride in drinking water. Notice they still will not discuss the brain damage and fertility issues associated with water fluoridation.

Friday, January 7, 2011

(CNN) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are recommending changing for the first time in nearly 50 years the amount of fluoride allowed in drinking water because of an increase in fluorosis — a condition that causes spotting and streaking on children’s teeth.

The government is proposing that the recommended amount for fluoride in drinking water be set at 0.7 milligrams per liter of water. The proposal would replace the current recommended range of 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams per liter, which has been in place since 1962. The EPA will determine whether the maximum amount of fluoride allowed in water will also be lowered.

Fluoride was first added to water in the United States in the 1940s to help prevent tooth decay in children 8 years and under, considered the tooth-forming years.

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