COUNTRIES THAT FLUORIDATE THEIR WATER... Because they care about there citizens teeth, REALLY

[Byron wilkins]

FW:  Jan. 29, 2013

Most developed nations do not fluoridate their water. In western Europe, for example, only 3% of the population consumes fluoridated water.

While 25 countries have water fluoridation programs, 11 of these countries have less than 20% of their population consuming fluoridated water: Argentina (19%), Guatemala (13%), Panama (15%), Papa New Guinea (6%), Peru (2%), Serbia (3%), Spain (11%), South Korea (6%), the United Kingdom (11%), and Vietnam (4%).

Only 11 countries in the world have more than 50% of their population drinking fluoridated water: Australia (80%), Brunei (95%); Chile (70%), Guyana (62%), Hong Kong (100%), the Irish Republic (73%), Israel (70%), Malaysia (75%), New Zealand (62%), Singapore (100%), and the United States (64%).

In total, 377,655,000 million people worldwide drink artificially fluoridated water. This represents 5% of the world’s population.

There are more people drinking fluoridated water in the United States than the rest of the world combined.

There is no difference in tooth decay between western nations that fluoridate their water and those that do not.

Countries that Fluoridate their Water (SOURCE: British Fluoridation Society; November 2012)
Country	Number of People Drinking Artificially Fluoridated Water	% of Population
Argentina	3,100,000	19%
Australia	17,600,000	80%
Brazil	73,200,000	41%
Brunei	375,000	95%
Canada	14,260,000	44%
Chile	11,800,000	70%
Fiji	300,000	36%
Guatemala	1,800,000	13%
Guyana	45,000	62%
Hong Kong	6,968,000	100%
Irish Republic	3,250,000	73%
Israel	5,270,000	70%
Libya	400,000	22%
Malaysia	20,700,000	75.5%
New Zealand	2,330,000	61%
Panama	510,000	15%
Papa New Guinea	102,000	6%
Peru	500,000	2%
Serbia	300,000	3%
Singapore	5,080,000	100%
South Korea	2,820,000	6%
Spain	4,250,000	11%
United Kingdom	5,797,000	11%
United States	194,206,000	64%
Vietnam	3,500,000	4%
Total	369,656,000	5%
Source : British Fluoridation Society (2012). One in a Million: The facts about water fluoridation. Available online at: http://www.bfsweb.org/onemillion/onemillion2012.html (updated Nov. 2012)