Fluoride In Nevada's Drinking Water? Them's Fighting Words!

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DENTAL NEWS: A bill requiring the Water Authority of both Reno and Sparks Nevada to add fluoride to the drinking water in hopes that it will dramatically reduce the amount of cavities in children like it has recently done in Las Vegas is meeting with stiff opposition in the Nevada State assembly. Opponents of the bill claim that fluoride is a poison and site polls that show a majority of residents in the area oppose fluoridation of their drinking water.

DENTAL VIEWS: Have you ever heard the term "Junk Science"? It's science that's popularly believed in by the public even though there's little if any scientific proof that it's true. That's what the idea that putting fluoride in drinking water is going to cause cancer or other health problems. The overwhelming evidence is that not only does it prevent cavities in children, especially children from low-income families. Even Dr. Tyree Davis of the Nevada Dental Association has stated that he was was shocked at the poor dental health in Las Vegas when he moved there just before they started forgetting the water eight years ago. "I thought I had moved to a third-world country," he said. "The dental decay among these children was simply devastating."