Re: Fluoride and limiting children's water intake

From: Sdores (sdores_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 12/20/04 

Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 13:48:15 -0500

Just a suggestion, but instead of letters to newspapers I would recommend a
letter formatted to use easily by the lay person like I am to send to
representatives about getting this information to the people. It was done
by the Crohn's Colitis Foundation of American for the IBD ACT. It took a
long time to get the proper attentions but the bill finally got signed by
the president this month. UM MOM Susan
"The Webby" <nospamattmjiatroepidemicnospam@san.rr.com> wrote in message
news:nospamattmjiatroepidemicnospam-C9E737.10374620122004@orngca-news04.socal.rr.com...
>I would think that maybe our newsgroup has a few people who would be
> willing to develop (together) a letter that would be of a quality
> appropriate to be sent to the Editors of newspapers across the county.
>
> I don't think that the general public gives fluoride much of a thought
> after their children are grown, or for those without children, they may
> not have any idea that fluoride is a public issue at all.
>
> Most Americans are probably aware that fluoride is in toothpastes. Most
> of the advertising $$$ seems to focus on "the whitening" properties of
> toothpaste because of the desire to promote the "need" for cosmetic
> dentistry.
>
> So I ask, smd, can we devise a letter that can be distributed by any/all
> of us to our local newspapers bringing attention to the need for a
> better *standard* for public information regarding fluoride and it's
> issues.
>
> It is a **reasonable** question to ask, "Should I limit the amount of
> water my child drinks because the water is fluoridate?" And of course,
> for the question to be reasonable, there needs to be a valid reason for
> the question. We have some information that can put this together. It
> is not reasonable to ask that question without providing the reason
> behind its significance.
>
> Reasonable vs. unreasonable.
>
> TW

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