(Another common source of fluoride is toothpaste, which, when you brush with it, sticks fluoride to the tooth’s surface, according to the CDC, and increases the amount of fluoride in saliva, which helps rebuild the outer enamel layer.) Today, fluoridated municipal drinking water—including ...
2003. Fluoride content of municipal water in the United States: What percentage is fluoridated? J Food Comp Anal 16: 621-628.Miller-Ihli, N.J., P.R. Pehrsson, R.L. Cutrifelli, and J.M. Holden. 2003. Fluoride content of municipal water in the United States: What percentage is ...
Fluoride is an important element that rematerializes damaged enamel. In 1945, fluoride was added to municipal drinking water. Since that time there has been a significant decline in tooth decay and tooth loss in the United States. However, people today are suffering from a lack of fluoride onc...
11.The raw-water craze, sometimes called the “water-consciousness movement”, is born of legitimate concerns about lead still present in some municipal water supplies, and unfounded paranoia about fluoride added to tap water. 12.Fluorine is element of great environmental interest and fluoride is ...
In 1993, The Environmental Studies and Toxicology Board of the National Research Council (NRC) reported thatfluoridation of municipal drinking water supplies may result in dental fluorosis in about 10% of the population. You have a 1 in 10 chance of experiencing tooth damage from water fluoridation...
Racial Disparities in Access to Community Water Supply Service in Wake County, North Carolina Anecdotal evidence suggests that historically African American communities on the fringes of cities and towns in North Carolina have been systematically denied access to municipal drinking water service. This pape...
Public health officials have adjusted guidance on fluoride in the past. In 2015, the CDC recommended that water suppliers lower fluoride levels, noting that Americans now receive fluoride from a variety of sources other than drinking water, such as toothpaste. ...
water sourcesCentral Saudi ArabiaThe quality of 160 water samples comprised of 27 well water (WW) samples 87 municipal network water (MNW) samples, 22 commercial municipal water (CMW) samples and 24 locally produced bottled water (LBW) samples, in AL-Gassin region of Central Saudi Arabia was...
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What About Fluoride?Provides information on the fluoride content of drinking water. Reason for the practice of putting a dose of fluoride in most U.S. municipal water; Criticisms received by tap water fluoridation; Risk of tooth decay from drinking low-fluoride bottled water.Howard...