Too Much Fluoride in our Drinking Water?

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced that the fluoride levels in our water (used to protect our teeth) are too high, causing damage to our kid's teeth (see announcement below).  This is alarming.
I thought our water supply was the best in the world, but obviously,  it has problems.  This is just another reason that we have to protect ourselves by using some form of water filtration.  In the case of chromium and lead, KDF removes that, and fortunately, anyone with a KDF/GAC filter has been protected.  Fluoride is a different problem because it's added to most municipal water systems in the US.  Here in Detroit it's at about 1.20 ppm--which is slightly higher than the average of 1 ppm.  Many parts of the country put in more or less.

Map of Water Contaminant Problems Across the US

Here's a useful resource from The WaterCAMPWS, for identifying areas across the US with 16 water contaminant problems.  It's supported by nsf.gov, Sandia National Laboratories and National Risk Management Research Lab, U of Illinois.
Click on the contaminant on the left side of the page,  and the states and regions with that contaminant are overlayed with a color.
See http://www.watercampws.uiuc.edu/index.php?menu_item_id=155

Howard Berenbon, LLC Member/Manager
The Water Exchange

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