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Before tackling fluoride issue, officials should help prevent spread of dangerous virus

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The Camas City Council is set to reconsider the City’s nearly 60-year-old practice of fluoridating its public water supply. Last week, a group of concerned community members — some from Camas but most from outside the CIty — implored Camas officials to halt the fluoridation practice that has been touted by medical professionals for decades as a cost-effective way to prevent tooth cavities. 

The speakers had some valid points. Although dentistry groups, as well as the U.S. Surgeon General and Centers for Disease Control (CDC) have long recommended fluoridating water systems as a preventative measure that costs far less than having to repair dental cavities, there have always been concerns about the possible negative health and environmental impacts of adding fluoride —  an inorganic ion of fluorine, a naturally occurring mineral found in the Earth’s crust — to our public water supplies. 

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