Saturday, January 10, 2009

Wanted: A surgeon general who can cut to the chase on health - MarketWatch

Wanted: A surgeon general who can cut to the chase on health - MarketWatch:

After 60 years of fluoridation reaching 70% of the US population and over 50 years of fluoridated toothpaste, now 95% of the market, along with a glut of fluoridated dental products:

"The focus of the surgeons general has changed as profoundly as the times they lived in. In the early 1900s, much work was dedicated to fighting plague and promoting sanitation projects. A century later, childhood obesity, health disparities and oral health lead the priorities"