February is National Dental Awareness month and the Arkansas Health Department is running radio ads promoting fluoride in drinking water. Instead of talking about oral hygiene, it’s all about water fluoridation, which we find strange due to the fact that Arkansas already has a dangerous state mandate in place.
After sponsoring a bill that mandates fluoridation of public water supplies (Senate Bill 359/Act 197 of 2011, Regular Session), Arkansas Senator David Johnson (D) receives $7,500 in campaign donations over two months from dentists:
Once more, the state of Arkansas bucks the trend and falls behind the rest of the country and world. Over the last year, the following communities (with approximate populations) have stopped adding fluoride to their drinking water. That’s approximately 2,538,500 people freed from the toxic substance known as fluoride, in the past year!
Van Thomas, Director of the White River Planning and Development District, is connected to several other corporations where he is the Registered Agent. In doing some investigation with the Sec. of State, I found that Van Thomas is also the Director of the White River Regional Service Center and the White River Regional Management Corporation.