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What Should We Tell Our Customers About Fluoride?
Author(s) -
Kline Pat
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2007.tb01916.x
Subject(s) - fluoride , government (linguistics) , statement (logic) , public health , water fluoridation , business , environmental health , public relations , political science , public administration , medicine , nursing , law , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy
This month's question asks how to respond to customers who complain about adding fluoride to the drinking water. The article begins by summarizing the history of adding fluoride to drinking water, and then discusses practical concerns voiced by customers concerning health risks or too much government control of our daily lives. The article provides the AWWA Policy Statement on Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies.