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Monday, Feb. 24
What: New Employee Orientation
When: 8 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Where: Joseph R. Pearson Hall,
room 204
About: A course providing information for new University employees.
What: Peace Corps Application
Workshop
When: 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, International
Room, 5001
About: The University Career Center
will offer advice on applying for the
Peace Corps.
Tuesday, Feb. 25
what: Architecture, Design & Planning Career Fair
When: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, 5th floor
About: A chance for KU Architecture,
Architectural Engineering, Design
and Urban Planning
students to network with industry
employers.
Wednesday, Feb. 26
What: International Opportunities Fair
When: 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Where: Kansas Union, Union Lobby
About: Meet with KU students and staff who have studied, worked and lived abroad.
What: The Cleveland Orchestra
When: 7:30 p.m.
Where: The Lied Center
About: The Grammy Award-winning
Cleveland Orchestra performs.
Student and youth tickets
$21 to $30, adult tickets $42 to $60.
Thursday, Feb. 27
STATE
What: Veggie Lunch
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where: Ecumenical Campus
Ministries
About: A free vegetarian meal on
Thursdays at the ECM.
What: Presidential Lecture Series - The First Ladies: Intimate Sacrifice, Honored Post
When: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Dole Institute of Politics
About: Richard Norton Smith, first director of the Dole Institute and presidential historian, examines the private lives and the public roles of the First Ladies.
Kansas lawmakers refuse action to fluoride water bill
GEORGE MULLINIX
news@kansan.com
The sun sets over Clinton Lake, one of two major surface water sources for Lawrence. HB 2732, if passed, will require cities to notify their residents that fluoride can cause severe health problems, including decreased IQ.
Last Wednesday Kansas lawmakers from the House Health and Human Services Committee listened to opposing sides testify how fluoride, a compound that naturally occurs when fluorine combines with different minerals in rocks and soil, affects water quality in Kansas.
GEORGE MULLINIX/KANSAN
According to a 2010 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fluoride is added to 70 percent of U.S. public drinking water. Fluoride is used in drinking water and dental practice because it helps teeth fight against acids that cause demineralization. According to a 2012 report, Lawrence fluoride concentration is .97 ppm, 3.03 ppm below the Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) set by the Environmental Protection Agency.
HB 2372, a bill drafted by Rep. Steven Brunk, is trying to increase Kansas's awareness to other, potentially harmful, effects of fluoride on the human body and mind. The bill states, "More studies are urgently needed to evaluate and determine the exact effects of fluoride." If the bill is passed, it will require Lawrence and other Kansas cities that artificially fluoridate their water to inform their citizens. "The latest science confirms that ingested fluoride lowers the IQ in children." No other states have adopted this kind of legislation.
A 2012 study by Harvard and China Medical University researchers inspired Rep. Brunk to draft HB 2372. They meta-analyzed 27 Chinese epidemiological studies and found that "children in high-fluoride areas had significantly lower IQ scores than those who lived in
low-fluoride areas." senior author Philippe Grandjean stated in a 2012 media statement, "Fluoride seems to fit in with lead, mercury and other poisons that cause chemical brain drain."
However, similar studies have not been done in the U.S. prompting Rep. John Wilson to say to Michael Connett, a lawyer and a proponent of the bill,
"I hope you understand our
concern about creating a bill or
"Fluoride seems to fit in with lead, mercury and other poisons that cause chemical brain drain."
PHILIPPE GRANDJEAN Senior author
creating a requirement based off inconclusive science."
Dr. Lucynda Raben, DDS, testified in opposition of HB 2372, saying that the bill is "full of half-truths and misleading statements."
Kansas' dentist community opposed the bill, speaking about the validity of the study's results and the economic impact the bill would have on Kansas.
Greg Hill, assistant executive director of the Kansas Dental Association, testified, "For every one dollar invested in water fluoridation, 38 dollars are saved in dental costs."
After hearing testimonies from both sides the committee took no action on the bill.
Edited by Callan Reilly
Fast facts about flouride
University students who are trying to limit their exposure to fluoridated water have many options, according to Flouride alert.org.
Students can use special water filters that remove fluoride by reverse osmosis and deionization or they can drink bottled spring water. "Activated carbon" filters like Brita and Pur do not remove fluoride.
Next time you're at the dentist say no to a fluoride gel treatment.
Buy organic wine or juice because vineyards use a fluoride pesticide called cryolite.
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