Water fluoridation on the rise nationwide — but not in Rockland
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The percentage of the U.S. population getting fluoridated water increased from 62 percent in 1992, to 65 percent in 2000 to 69 percent in 2006, according to a new study done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The federal agency said “public health officials and policymakers in states with lower percentages of residents receiving optimal water fluoridation should consider increasing their efforts to promote fluoridation of community water systems to prevent dental caries.”
Maybe Rockland officials should take note. The county’s public water supply has never been fluoridated. Fluoride opponents launched a fierce battle in the 1970s and it has never been revisited.
More than 90 percent of public water in Westchester is fluoridated.
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