USA - Florida - Keeping fluoridation despite call to end it.
County keeping fluoride in water
Study suggests harmful effects; official wanted to end practice
By Patty Pensa
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted June 21 2006
In a second go-around over the hotly debated issue of fluoridating public water, the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday rejected arguments that the additive is harmful and clashed with a recommendation by the county's top administrator to stop the practice.
In a 4-3 vote, the commission decided to keep fluoridating water that reaches 480,000 residents in unincorporated Palm Beach County. The majority of commissioners didn't want to decide fluoridation's fate until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responds to a study that prompted officials to re-evaluate.
County Administrator Bob Weisman, who recommended halting fluoridation, said he wouldn't expect a federal response for five to 10 years.
Study suggests harmful effects; official wanted to end practice
By Patty Pensa
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Posted June 21 2006
In a second go-around over the hotly debated issue of fluoridating public water, the Palm Beach County Commission on Tuesday rejected arguments that the additive is harmful and clashed with a recommendation by the county's top administrator to stop the practice.
In a 4-3 vote, the commission decided to keep fluoridating water that reaches 480,000 residents in unincorporated Palm Beach County. The majority of commissioners didn't want to decide fluoridation's fate until the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency responds to a study that prompted officials to re-evaluate.
County Administrator Bob Weisman, who recommended halting fluoridation, said he wouldn't expect a federal response for five to 10 years.
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