About 200 million Americans, nearly two-thirds of the population, drink water containing fluoride to fight tooth decay. Join Cheriel and 529 supporters today. At an annual cost of about $325 million, more than 70 percent of Americans now have fluoridated water. The schoolyard green infrastructure will help manage stormwater in a more sustainable manner by using plants and soil to capture and filter a combined 622,000 gallons of rain each year. That could be changed by a case now on trial in a San Francisco … About 200 million Americans, nearly two-thirds of the population, drink water containing fluoride to fight tooth decay. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google. Fluoridation. Animal and human studies – including a recent study from a team of Harvard scientists – have found a connection between fluoride and a serious form of bone cancer (osteosarcoma) in males under the age of 20. e) Risk to kidney patients. We the undersigned citizens of San Francisco County respectfully demand that The SFPUC Members DISCONTINUE using our public water supply to deliver the medicine fluoride. We have supplied fluoridated water to San Francisco residents and the majority of its wholesale customers since the early 1950s. Last updated: November 18, 2020 at 12:24 pm . COPYRIGHT © 2011-2018 SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION. EBMUD adds calcium hydroxide (lime) and sodium hydroxide (caustic) to the water to control corrosion. WHEREAS you the SFPUC members are authorizing the continuation of water fluoridation in San Francisco County; You, the SFPUC members have the authority to end water fluoridation in San Francisco County; You, the SFPUC members are legally responsible for water fluoridation in San Francisco County. WHEREAS you say the reason you are fluoridating our water is because it’s good for children’s teeth, and California state law mandates it (but cannot enforce it because it will not pay for it); however the California Health and Safety Code law sections 104830-104865 already provides FREE topical fluoride treatments to children in a much more effective, economical, accurate, and far safer way than water fluoridation: “CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE SECTION 104830-104865, 104830. b) Risk to the thyroid gland. SFPUC supplies fluoridated water to Bear Gulch, San Mateo, San Carlos, and South San Francisco at concentrations ranging from 0.8 to 1.0 mg/L. Medical and dental experts endorse water fluoridation as the single, most effective public health measure to improve oral health. More than 50 years since it became a default health intervention, why does the debate rage more fiercely than ever? c) Risk to bones. Before the water leaves the plant, a small amount of fluoride is added to the water to promote dental health. The program of topical application shall be under the general direction of a dentist licensed in the state and may include self-application…”, WHEREAS according to evidence from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 41% of American children have dental fluorosis, a disfiguring mottling, including white spotted, brown-stained, or brittle broken teeth caused by excess fluoride; Dental fluorosis is not simply a "cosmetic effect"; Dental fluorosis is the first visible sign of whole body fluoride poisoning; These children will have to live with this disfigurement for the rest of their lives or undergo expensive treatment for it, and, WHEREAS the SFPUC is potentially subjecting itself to costly litigation because of health damages by continuing to use fluoride in our water, and, WHEREAS hexafluorosilicic acid, the type of fluoride used in our water, is a toxic waste product from the wet scrubbers of the fertilizer industry and is classified as hazardous waste, too toxic for permitted disposal anywhere, and has never been required to undergo randomized clinical trials for safety or effectiveness by any regulatory agency in the world; It has also been known to contain arsenic, cadmium, mercury, lead, hexavalent chromium, sulfates, radon and uranium. Newcastle adds fluoride to drinking water. The heightened risk stems from an impaired ability to excrete fluoride from the body. Corrosion Control. The amount of natural fluoride in water supplies is generally not enough to provide oral health benefits. New York City began in 1965, and Dallas integrated it in 1966. We the undersigned citizens of San Francisco County respectfully demand that The SFPUC Members DISCONTINUE using our public water supply to deliver the medicine fluoride.