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Government wants less fluoride in water
The Washington Examiner ^
| April 27, 2015
| Robert King
Posted on 04/27/2015 7:55:02 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
The federal government is calling for lower levels of fluoride in drinking water, the first update since the 1960s.
The new recommendation is for 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water, which replaces the previous range of 0.7 to 1.2 milligrams, according to the Health and Human Services Department on Monday.
Americans have access to more fluoride through toothpaste and mouth rinses than when the recommendations were introduced in 1962, the agency said.
Because Americans are using more fluoride, officials are worried about increases in cases of fluorosis, a condition that stains teeth exposed to too much fluoride.
"The new recommended level will maintain the protective decay prevention benefits of water fluoridation and reduce the occurrence of dental fluorosis," the agency said Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lauded water fluoridation as a key reason for declining tooth decay cases.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fluoride; nannystate; ope; poe; toothdecay; water
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posted on
04/27/2015 7:55:27 PM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(Celebrate Holy Week by flogging a banker. It's what Jesus would have done.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
At last, no more pollution of our precious bodily fluids.
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posted on
04/27/2015 7:56:12 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
IBTPOGR.
(in before the picture of general Ripper)
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posted on
04/27/2015 7:56:26 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
It’s gotten so bad, one state has petitioned to be renamed Flourida.
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posted on
04/27/2015 7:59:47 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Steely Tom
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:00:45 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I look forward to the day like an emancipation that the headlines every fifth one doesn’t say government wants
Government says. Like government is a person. A bad in law
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:00:52 PM PDT
by
stanne
To: Ken H
Fluorida. (argh)
First rule of comedy - get the punchline right the first time.
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:01:29 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
How about NO fluoride in the water....we do not need it....it causes problems. Do the research if you wonder what problems.
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:04:01 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(I think we've reached PEAK TYRANNY now.....)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
So Obama is a secret Bircher?
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:04:14 PM PDT
by
PAR35
To: goodnesswins
B-but it makes our teeth soooooo healthy. /s
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:05:03 PM PDT
by
Politicalkiddo
("We must see that the world is rough and surly, and will not mind drowning a man or woman" - Emerson)
To: stanne
I look forward to the day like an emancipation that the headlines every fifth one doesnt say government wants I began to notice back in the late '70s that pretty much every story on the news was a story about something the Government did, or was doing, or planned to do, or about how someone wanted the Government to do something about some "problem."
I remember thinking that the nightly network news was essentially "today's news of the Government."
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:05:11 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
(Vote GOP for A Slower Handbasket)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
That is only 100 times the safe level, sure, wonderful.
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:07:26 PM PDT
by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
I’d prefer zero. I have to filter it out at the faucet as of now.
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:46:53 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Ken H
No, they petitioned that because they like flour. Not fluoride. :)
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:48:13 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We have no fluoride in our water courtesy of our Big Berkey water filtration system.
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:57:18 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We have no fluoride in our water courtesy of our Big Berkey water filtration system.
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:57:22 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We have no fluoride in our water courtesy of our Big Berkey water filtration system.
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:57:23 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
We have no fluoride in our water courtesy of our Big Berkey water filtration system.
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posted on
04/27/2015 8:57:24 PM PDT
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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