Water fluoridation is one of the fairest ways for everyone in a community to benefit regardless of income, education, or financial ability to seek dental care. People benefiting the most from water fluoridation are those most susceptible to tooth decay. Typically these are the poorest and most disadvantaged members of our community. No other public measure has received more intensive scientific research into its safety. Over fifty years of animal and human scientific studies have shown water fluoridation to be safe and effective.
Scientists still pursue ongoing, intensive research on fluorides and fluoridation.
The Canadian Dental Association, the American Dental Association, the World Health Organization the U.S. Public Health Service and its Centers For Disease Control, and the F d ration Dentaire Internationale, continue to responsibly monitor fluoride's effects. In other communities where fluoridation was discontinued, the rate of tooth decay began to climb. Telephone inquiries concerning fluoride have decreased markedly since the plebiscite, and now average about 60 calls per year. Very few are from citizens inquiring about the health effects. The CRHA has the responsibility to protect and promote the health of the more than 800,000 individuals in the region and to work for the prevention of disease and injury.