Illinois honors
communities for water fluoridation
Mar 22, 2012
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - Illinois 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%.
Another 122 communities received honorable mentions for meeting
state fluoride levels for 11 out of 12 months last year.
State officials say about 99% of people served by public water
systems in Illinois drink fluoridated water. That's compared with the national
average of about 72%.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
How's that for reinforcing flawed science, reinforcing lack of logic, reinforcing bad policy to pay for dumping waste products, reinforcing health damages, and reinforcing the confused public -- give awards to 432 cities who fluoridate their water! Anybody got any ideas on how to give awards to those cities all over the nation who do NOT fluoridate their water?
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