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NOTICE
March 4, 2009
FLUORIDE FOUND IN DRINKING WATER
This is an alert about your drinking water and a cosmetic dental problem
that might affect children under nine years of age.
At low levels, fluoride can help prevent
cavities, but children drinking water containing more
than 2 milligrams per liter (mg/l) of fluoride may
develop cosmetic discoloration of their permanent teeth
(dental fluorosis).
The drinking water provided by your community
water system, Bertie County Regional Water System has a
fluoride concentration of
2.60 at well 1, located at 149 Mardre
Road in Windsor, NC, concentration of
2.40 at well 2, located at 424
Grabtown Windsor, NC, concentration of
2.60 at well 6, located at 535 NC 45N in
Merry Hill, concentration of
2.10 at well 8, located at 632
Connaritsa Road in Kelford, NC.
Dental fluorosis in its
moderate or severe forms, may result in a brown staining
and/or pitting of the permanent teeth.
This problem occurs only in developing teeth,
before they erupt from the gums.
Children under nine should be provided with
alternative sources of drinking water or water that has
been treated to remove the fluoride to avoid the
possibility of staining and pitting of their permanent
teeth. You
may also want to contact your dentist about proper use
by young children of fluoride-containing products.
Older children and adults may safely drink the
water.
Drinking water containing more than 4mg/L of fluoride (the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s
drinking
water standard) can increase your risk of developing
bone disease.
Your drinking water does not contain more than
4mg/l of fluoride, but we’re required to notify you when
we discover that fluoride levels in your drinking water
exceed 2 mg/l because of this cosmetic dental problem.
For more information, please call Ricky Spivey of Bertie County Regional Water System at 252-794-4427. Some home water treatment units are also available to remove fluoride from drinking water. To learn more about available home water treatment units, you may call NSF International at 1-877-8-NSF-HELP.
Ricky Spivey___
Bertie
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