Seattle Reduces Fluoride to .8 ppm
March 29, 2011
Dear Dr. Osmunson,
Thank you for your inquiry about the new developments in regard to fluoride in drinking water. Seattle Public Utilities has been tracking this issue closely in order to follow the recommendations of our public health agencies in the most appropriate manner. As it stands now, the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services has proposed a recommended level of fluoride in drinking water and is accepting comments on that proposal until April 15. We are anticipating that the final recommendation will be made in late summer or early fall.
Since the proposed recommendation was announced on January 7, we have been in contact with our local and state health departments. With their support, we have adjusted the fluoride level in the water supply to the lower end currently allowed by state law, 0.8 mg/L. We will continue to work with the Washington State Department of Health and Public Health Seattle & King County in preparation for a final federal recommendation on fluoride levels. This information is posted on our website at: http://www.seattle.gov/util/About_SPU/Water_System/Water_Quality/Water_Quality_Testing/index.asp
Please let me know if you have any further questions.
Jim Nilson
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Jim Nilson, PE
Sr. Water Quality Engineer
Drinking Water Division
Seattle Public Utilities
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Ph. 206-615-1363
Fax 206-684-0206
email: jim.nilson@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/util
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From Audrey Adams:
I just wonder, though, why the state would set a minimum limit if a water district choses to fluoridate? I mean, really, what is the point when 40% of Washington is at zero, to mandate any water district that does fluoridate to do so at any minimum level? That IS a roundabout mandate to fluoridate, is it not? How can the state claim that the decision to fluoridate is a local decision if they are requiring a certain level for certain water districts? Should we be pushing the state to list no minimum, rather only list a maximum?
Audrey Adams
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From Dr. Bill Osmunson:
As a dentist for 25 years I failed to review the science and simply believed fluoridation was effective and safe. No appology begins to correct the problem of adding toxins to your child.
It is hard to sleep knowing we public health professionals have contributed to so much harm.
Bill
So with Harvard joining the crowd of people who’ve realized that fluoride doesn’t help teeth and shouldn’t be forcibly distributed to the people. What is to stop us from getting Seattle fluoride free. I just got done gathering petitions against the plastic bag ban in Issaquah and now I want to attack the poison in my tap.
It is disgraceful that I have no idea how to propose an initiative for the state of WA to disregard Federal mandates such as a minimum amount of poison in the drinking water. Yes, it is disgraceful that the federal government mandates such things, it is disgraceful that states comply to receive their reward of payola, and it is disgraceful that all I know I can do now is order bottled water, or complain on the internet.
It is beyound me why there is even a debate going on about flouride in our water.. No one is being honest becuase of law suits.. The American dental association, is a joke on this matter and many other toxins we have to deal with too like chem trails.
Quality of life is important to me and I am sick of this BS regarding flouride!
I have recently learned that flouride is detrimental to my bones. I have osteoporosis. You need to stop adding any flouride to our water. I have some expensive filters and now I need to go out and spend even more money because those filters do not remove flouride. I also want to ferment a kefir drink using kefir cultures and the flouride in the tap water will kill them. I don’t want to have to spend more money to filter out a toxin that you are adding to our waters. I demand you remove it now. It never stopped my children from getting cavities anyway and could have contributed to my osteoporosis.