If I have learned one thing in my 45 years of nursing, it is to carefully review and evaluate the sources of research providing scientific evidence on any health issue.
This critical literature review seems more important as methods of communication allow us easy access to research.
Please spend some time doing research on community water fluoridation.
I would like to acknowledge our water utilities commission and our City Council for their leadership in researching community water fluoridation over several months last year. I know many hours were spent listening to stakeholder groups, reading, researching and evaluating before making a decision to keep fluoride in our public water system.
I urge each of you to take a look at some of the recent and credible sources of research available before making this important decision for our community.
Links for recent and well-researched views of community water fluoridation can be found online through the American Dental Association at http://bit.ly/1GQ34UH; the U.S. Public Health Service at http://bit.ly/2jVX1LO and the American Academy of Pediatrics at http://bit.ly/2liGX3J.
Jaynee Fontecchio, RN
Durango
