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ORANGE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT Improving health. Inspiring change. April 11 , 2017 John Young OWASA Board Chair Orange Water and Sewer Authority 400 Jones Ferry Rd Carrboro , NC 27510 Dear Mr. Young , i The Orange County Board of Health would like to offer our utmost support for the continuation of fluoridation of the Orange County water supply . First , we would like to thank OWASA for the quick actions taken to prevent excess fluoride from entering the water distribution system in February . We also appreciate and support the efforts you intend to take to prevent this occurrence in the future . The Board of Health would like to affirm the decision to continue fluoridation of the water supply by offering the following supportive resources and facts . ➢ " Given the dramatic decline in tooth decay during the past 70 years since community water fluoridation was initiated , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) named fluoridation of drinking water to prevent dental caries (tooth decay) as one of ten great public health interventions of the 20th Century" . For more information on the CDC ' s position on fluoridation visit : hops : //www . cdc . gov/fluoridation/index . htmI ➢ According to the American Dental Association , "the accumulated dental , medical and public health evidence concerning fluoridation has been reviewed and evaluated numerous times by academicians , committees of experts , special councils of government and most of the world ' s major national and international health organizations . The verdict of the scientific community is that water fluoridation , at recommended levels , safely provides major oral health benefits" . http : //www . ada . org/en/public- programs/advocating -for-the -public/fluoride-and -fluoridation /fluoridation -facts ➢ The Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA) was petitioned on November 23 , 2016 to exercise its authority to " prohibit the purposeful addition of fluoridation chemicals to U . S . water supplies . " The EPA denied this petition on February 17 , 2017 primarily because there was " not set forth a scientifically defensible basis to conclude that any persons have suffered neurotoxic harm as a result of exposure to fluoride in the U . S . through the purposeful addition of fluoridation chemicals to drinking water . . . " Additional reasons can be found at: https ://www . regulations . gov/document? D = EPA- H Q-O P PT-2016 -0763-0001 919 . 245 . 2400 f 2501 Homestead Rd Chapel Hill , NC 27516 J)or orangecountync . gov