"At those 1980s hearings at city hall, the group representing Quebec’s water technicians said people would drink only eight of the 4,000 tonnes of fluoride with which Doré proposed to lace Montreal’s drinking water every year. That’s because people swallow just 0.25 per cent of the 800 litres of water produced daily per capita. “That means,” testified the Association québécoise des techniques de l’eau, “that 99.7 per cent of the fluoride would not be ingested by residents but will find its way into the environment.” The proportion can’t have changed significantly over the decades. Note that this 99.7-per-cent figure actually might well be on the low side. That’s because fluoridation is primarily for a) children and teens, who represent only one-fifth of the city’s water consumers, and b) more particularly those children and teens who live in low-income areas, which further shrinks the number of prime beneficiaries. These considerations mean that as much as 99.9 per cent of the water might not reach the target population. That’s hardly an efficient medication-delivery system. There’s got to be a better way. Maybe the province could distribute toothbrushes and fluoridated toothpaste in schools located in low-income areas."
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:32:34 +0000
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