Sunday, January 06, 2008

Water Futures: Open Letter #1 to the Premier: Fluoridation

Water Futures: Open Letter #1 to the Premier: Fluoridation:

"After drinking fluoridated water for 12 years, Townsville children have more decay, or the same amount of decay, as children who have not consumed fluoridated water"

"The latest National Children’s Dental survey (2002 data) was just released on 17th Dec 2007. This survey shows that with less than 5% of the population drinking fluoridated water, children from Queensland have slightly less decay in their baby teeth than children from the Northern Territory which has 70 % of its population drinking fluoridated water."

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This new survey also shows Queensland children have less decay in their permanent teeth than children from the ACT ( 100 % fluoridated ) and they have an average of only a twentieth of a tooth more decay than children from Tasmania ( 83% fluoridated ) "