Now children in university family housing and attending campus child-care centers will receive the same benefits. For dental health reasons, communities across the country began adding fluoride to their drinking water supplies more than 50 years ago. There is naturally occurring fluoride in the university's water sources, but not sufficient to provide protection. Notices about the program were sent to families so that they may discontinue supplemental fluoride treatments their children receive. Exceeding the optimum dose of fluoride can cause a condition in children called fluorosis.
Fluorosis is characterized by white or brown stains on teeth.
The stains are created before the teeth emerge from a child' s gums. If so, the manufacturer must produce an MSDS which warns all users of the product of the dangers to which they may be exposed. Unfortunately, there are shortcomings in some MSDSs. The quality of MSDS information is dependent on the willingness of the manufacturer of the chemical to fully inform and protect its customers, the users of the chemical. Some manufacturers of MSDSs, concerned about the liability of employee or consumer exposure to their product, provide as little information as possible in hopes that damages associated with harm caused by exposure to their product will be minimized.