Do You Remember Life Before...

...fluoride was added to public water supplies?
In the U.S., this practice became widespread around 1960.

Water fluoridation chart

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Posted by Bob Wilson Jr at 8:48 am (PST) on Thu January 12, 2012   
Back in the 1940's, children in my home town (Newburgh NY) were pitted against children in Kingston NY (just up the Hudson River) to see comparitively which group developed the most cavities. Newburgh's water had been fluoridated, while Kingston's was not, and acted as a control in the 'experiment.' Results back then showed that far less dental cavities developed among the kids from Newburgh, vs.those in Kingston. The Dentist community in Newburgh was probably not so ecstatic about the result.

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