Objections over the fact sheet, which has been removed from the site, prompted commissioners to hold

The flouride fight spilled over into the Sedgwick County Commission chambers Wednesday with about 20 people debating the benefits and risks of putting the cavity-fighting chemical in Wichita s city drinking water.
Objections over the fact sheet, which has been removed from the site, prompted commissioners to hold what was essentially angeles car los price used an open-mike day, allow both sides to air their views in the meeting televised on local public television.
Proponents of fluoride, including a former public health angeles car los price used official of the Centers for Disease Control, renewed their claim that fluoride at the levels to be used in tap water is safe and effective and more than pays for itself by preventing cavities and the treatment necessary to fix them.
It s important that community water fluoridation results angeles car los price used in approximately 25 percent reduction in tooth decay, Maas said. It s safe. I m not going to give you any percentages because it is absolutely safe. It is cost effective.
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Ranzau said he thinks accepting that trade-off should angeles car los price used be an individual, not a community decision. And Skelton said he was disturbed that Maas would characterize the spots on his daughter s teeth as beautiful.
angeles car los price used If I found on my daughter s teeth a substance that is abnormal, caused by chemicals introduced in our water supply I d be beyond irritated, Skelton said. I would wonder what internal effects would be going on, what kind of white spots is she going to have on her bones, etc. That s a symptom of something larger, sir.